Building accessible custom components in XUL - Archive of obsolete content
ere.is.only.xul"; const x2_ns ="http://www.w3.org/tr/xhtml2" function start_edit(label) { var value = label.value; settimeout(function(){ var textbox = document.createelementns(xul_ns, "textbox"); label.parentnode.replacechild(textbox, label); textbox.value = value; textbox.origvalue = value; textbox.flex = 1; textbox.focus(); textbox.select(); textbox.addeventlistener("blur", editable_cell_blur, true); textbox.addeventlistener("keypress", editable_cell_keypress, true); }, 0); } function done_edit(textbox, keepvalue) { var value = textbox.value; var label = document.createelementns(xul_ns, "label"); label.setattributens(x2_ns, "role", "wairole:gridcell"); textbox.parentnode.replacechild(label, textbox); if (keepvalue) { label.value = value; } else { l...
...abel.value = textbox.origvalue; } label.flex = 1; label.addeventlistener("keypress", cell_keypress, true); return label; } function editable_cell_blur(e) { var textbox = e.target; settimeout(function() { done_edit(textbox, true); }, 0); } function editable_cell_keypress(e) { var textbox = e.target; switch (e.keycode) { case key_enter: settimeout(function() { var label = done_edit(textbox, true); label.focus(); }, 0); break; case key_escape: settimeout(function() { var label = done_edit(textbox, false); label.focus(); }, 0); break; } } </code> with this new code, we can now navigate to a specific cell within the spreadsheet and press enter to edit the value.

Accessibility API cross-reference
in tagged pdf n/a n/a expressed with aria-labelledby if visible on screen or aria-label otherwise <caption> (for tables), <figcaption> (for figures), and <label> with a for attribute (for input elements) a <toc> or <l> may contain a <caption> as its first item <caption> or <lbl> a cell in a table cell n/a table_cell cell <td> td not what you think - this is for the damn paperclip character n/a n/a n/a for graphics representing data chart n/a figure ?

Gecko events
is supported: yes targets: table_cell - the cell of <xul:tree/>, any accessible for html element when @title or @alt attribute is changed.

ROLE_CELL
interfaces nsiaccessible nsisupports nsiaccessibletext nsiaccessiblehypertext nsiaccessibleeditabletext nsiaccessiblehyperlink nsiaccessibleselectable nsiaccessiblevalue nsiaccessnode mapped to at-spi: atk_role_table_cell atk: atk_role_list_item ua: nsaccessibilitygrouprole msaa/ia2: role_system_cell used by aria: gridcell xul: <listcell/> html: <td> ...