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Description of problem:
When one activates Vino (screen sharing) in Gnome and someone connects to it, a status icon appears in panel. But the icon has no name, description, tooltip or other text, so it is hard to recognize the purpose of the icon. And it is also unidentifiable for screen reader (and thus for the visually impaired users).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-3.28.2-1.el7.x86_64
vino-3.22.0-6.el7.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. gnome-control-center sharing -> Screen Sharing
2. Switch to "Require a password" and set one.
3. Turn on Screen Sharing.
4. Run "vinagre localhost".
5. Type the password and click the Authenticate button.
Actual results:
An icon without name appears in top bar (status icons panel).
Expected results:
An icon named "Desktop Sharing" should appear in top bar (status icons panel).
Additional info:
- This worked in previous versions of gnome-shell (3.26, 3.22 ?).
- Could "Top icons" extension cause this?
(In reply to Bohdan Milar from comment #0)
> Additional info:
> - This worked in previous versions of gnome-shell (3.26, 3.22 ?).
> - Could "Top icons" extension cause this?
Yes, or the XEmbed support code in gnome-shell. I suspect that this is an effect of the distortions we have to do to make status icons work on wayland, although those predate 3.28.
All this is in deep legacy territory, and not something we should spend too much time on in my opinion.
What can be done relatively easily in the top-icons extension is exposing the icon's window title for screen readers.
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.28.1-12.el7.noarch:
Icon in top bar is NOT accessible by Orca
gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.28.1-13.el7.noarch:
Icon in top bar is accessible by Orca which reads "Gnome desktop sharing menu"
Thank you for the fix!
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (GNOME bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:3987