Portlet Factory, Version 6.1.2

 

Accessibility features for IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer

Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer supports the following accessibility features.

  • Keyboard-only operation

  • Interfaces that are commonly used by screen readers

 

High contrast settings

Use the High Contrast mode setting if you want Windows to use color and fonts that are designed for easy reading. Eclipse was tested for High Contrast using 1152 x 864 resolution in Microsoft Windows XP High Contrast mode. You can use the tested resolution or higher for High Contrast mode.

To use the High Contrast mode, open the Windows Control Panel, double-click Accessibility Options to open the Accessibility Options dialog box, click the Display tab, and then select Use High Contrast.

 

Key assist

Eclipse provides a set of key bindings that can be used within the Eclipse workbench. Eclipse defines key bindings as the association of key combinations and commands that invoke the commands. To view a list of available Eclipse key bindings that can be used while working in WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer, click Help > Key Assist or type Ctrl+Shift+L. For more details about Eclipse key bindings, see the Workbench User Guide in Help.

 

Keyboard navigation

This product uses standard Windows navigation keys. For information on accessibility features and keyboard navigation in Eclipse, see the Workbench User Guide in Help.

 

Menus

You can use keyboard navigation to access the main menus, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Menu access keyboard combinations and related actions
Keyboard combination Action
F10 Access menus in menu bar
Right Arrow Navigate to the right in menu bar
Left Arrow Navigate to the left in menu bar
Down Arrow Navigate down menu options in selected menu
Up Arrow Navigate up menu options in selected menu
Shift+F10 Open context menu for current view
Ctrl+F10 Open drop-down menu for current view
Alt+mnemonic Open mnemonic's corresponding menu and menu option in menu bar

 

Views and editors

You can use keyboard navigation to navigate between all views and editors. When you navigate between views and editors, WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer remembers the last item that was selected, so you can quickly navigate between two items if necessary. For example, if you have focus in the Project Explorer and have a builder call editor open, press Ctrl+F7 to activate the view menu and select Editor from the view menu. After the builder call editor has focus, use Ctrl+F7 to toggle back and forth between the Project Explorer and the builder call editor.

Table 2. View and editor navigation keyboard combinations
Keyboard combination Action
Ctrl+F6 Activate editor menu and navigate between open editors
Ctrl+F7 Activate view menu and navigate between open views
Ctrl+E Activate editor drop-down menu from editor to navigate between open editors
Ctrl+Page Up, Ctrl+Page Down Navigate between open tabs within the model editor area of the perspective.

Tabs can be in the bar above the Application Tree panel or in the bar below the builder call editor. The keys work in the bar for the panel that has focus.

Alt+(-) Activate view menu to move view tabs, resize views, access fast views, detach views, minimize, and maximize
Down Arrow Navigate down menu options
Up Arrow Navigate up menu options
Right Arrow Navigate to submenu options
Left Arrow Navigate to menu options from submenu

 

Builder call editor legibility

If you find the builder call editor difficult to read, you can try using larger fonts or lower screen resolution. If these actions do not increase legibility enough, you can run the builder call editor in its own window.

 

Builder call editor data entry

You can use keyboard navigation to select focus within a table. However, navigating and editing within a table in the builder call editor differs from editing normal table data. Within the builder call editor, selecting a certain option in a table cell can make new inputs available outside the table. The normal use case is to leave the cell that has focus and place focus in the first new input. To change focus from a cell in a table to the first new input, the builder call editor supports the Ctrl+Tab combination. This relieves the requirement to press Tab multiple times to navigate to the end of the table and press Down Arrow in the last row to exit the table and navigate to the new input. The combination changes focus to the first input related to the option selected in the cell that currently has focus.

Table 3. Builder call editor table navigation keyboard combinations
Keyboard combination Action
Right Arrow Move to beginning of next cell if current focus is at the end of cell
Left Arrow Move to end of previous cell if current focus is at the beginning of the cell
Up Arrow Move to cell above if current focus is on the first line of the cell
Up Arrow Exit table if current focus is in the first row of the table
Down Arrow Move to cell below if current focus is on the last line of the cell
Down Arrow Exit table if current focus is in the last row of the table
Tab Move to next cell
Tab Append new row to table and move to that cell if focus is in last cell of the table
Ctrl+Tab Move out of the table
Shift+Tab Move to previous cell (if focus is in first cell, no navigation)

Parent topic: Accessibility in IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory

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