Changes made to the Java Accessibility Utility package, Version 1.0
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Utilities changes
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AccessibilityPanels
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o There is a new directory underneath \jaccess\examples: AccessibilityPanels,
  which contains the embeddedable panels which exercize various portions
  of the Java Accessibility API.  
    
    Panel                       Description
    -----                       -----------
    AccessibilityPanel          The superclass of the three 
				AccessibilityPanels described below,
				this object extends java.awt.Panel, and
				provides a common interface for embedding
				into the other Java Accessibility Utility
				tools (such as Explorer, Monkey, etc.).
				
    AccessibilityAPIPanel       Given an AccessibleContext, displays
				the output of querying virtually all
				of the methods in all of the Accessibility
				interfaces, broken down into sections.

    AccessibleActionPanel       Given an AccessibleContext, retrieves
				the AccessibleAction associated with it
				and displays a list of the Accessible
				Actions.  Select an action and select
				the DoAction button to have the Accessible
				perform the selected action.

    AccessibleSelectionPanel    Given an AccessibleContext, retrieves
				the AccessibleSelection associated with
				it and provides buttons for adding/removing
				items from the AccessibleSelection

Manipulator
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o A new Java Accessibility utility example, in \jaccess\examples\Manipulator,
  this tool captures the Accessible underneath the mouse when the F1 key
  is pressed, and displays the output in an AccessibleActionPanel within
  its window, allowing you to manipulate the actions of the Accessible
  thus captured.


Selector
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o A new Java Accessibility utility example, in \jaccess\examples\Selector,
  this tool captures the Accessible underneath the mouse when the F1 key
  is pressed, and displays the output in an AccessibleSelectionPanel within
  its window, allowing you to add/remove items from the selection of the
  Accessible thus captured.


Monkey
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o Monkey now allows more detailed examination and manipulation of the
  Java Accessibility API of the Accessible objects displayed within it.
  Click and hold down the right-most mouse button over one of the items
  in the Accessible tree heirarchy on the right panel of the Monkey window,
  and you will be able to select one of the three AccessibilityPanels
  listed above.  Monkey will then spawn a new window contining the selected
  AccessibilityPanel, allowing you to view the AccessibilityAPI of that
  object, perform its actions, or add/remove items from its selection.


Explorer
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o Explorer now provides four ways of acquiring Accessible object from
  which to explore the Accessibility API information of.  These are
  selected from the Selection menu.  To automatically explore the Java 
  Accessibility API of the object under the mouse as the mouse moves, 
  choose "Track Mouse" from the Settings menu. To automatically explore 
  the Java Accessibility API of the object receiving focus, choose 
  "Track Focus" from the Settings menu. To automatically explore the 
  Java Accessibility API of the text object in which caret movements are 
  occuring, choose "TrackCaret". Finally, to explore the Java Accessibility 
  API of objects under the mouse upon command when you hit the F1 key on 
  your keyboard, choose "Update with F1 key" from the Settings menu. 



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Java Accessibility API changes
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o Included with the Java Accessibility API in the Swing 1.0/JFC 1.1
  release are two pending Accessibility interfaces: AccessibleTable 
  and AccessibleLayout.  Please review them and send feedback to
  access@sun.com.  Refer to the CHANGES.txt file includes with
  the Java Foundation Classes download package for other information
  about Java Accessibility API changes, as well as changes in the
  support for Java Accessibility in the Swing UI components.


    Interface               Description
    ---------               -----------
    AccessibleTable         The object contains a table, with
			    some number of rows and columns.
			    This draft interface provides a 
			    standard mechanism for an assistive
			    technology to query table cells
			    (AccessibleChildren of the table)
			    via (row, column), as well as getting
			    the Accessible associated with the
			    row and column header of any table
			    cell in the table.  Any object that
			    provides a 2-dimension (row, column)
			    view of Accessible UI objects should
			    provide this interface, once the
			    interface is finalized.

    AccessibleLayout        A standard interface for navigating
			    through a container of Accessible
			    objects.  This draft interface
			    provides a standard mechanism for
			    an assistive technology to navigate
			    through a collection of AccessibleChildren
			    in an Accessible object that contains
			    children.