tdf#123864 a11y: Add new AccessibleStateType::CHECKABLE

Both, AT-SPI and IAccessible2 have a CHECKABLE state
that describes whether an item is checkable, i.e.
whether it can be checked, i.e. whether it is possible
that this object can have the CHECKED state.

So far, LibreOffice didn't have any equivalent, and
e.g. a checkbox that is ticked would report state
CHECKED but not CHECKABLE, which is inconsistent.
("How can an object that is not checkable be checked?")

For an unchecked object, the fact that it can be checked
is unclear since that one will just have the CHECKED state
not being present.

Introduce a new a11y state, `AccessibleStateType::CHECKABLE`
with the same semantics as in AT-SPI and IAccessible2 to
bridge the gap.

Map the state in winaccessibility (to IAccessible2),
gtk3 and an the Qt-based VCL plugins, which are
responsible for mapping to AT-SPI.

While Qt has an equivalent state flag, it currently
doesn't map that to AT-SPI yet.
Pending upstream Gerrit change to implement that: [1]

The gtk4 a11y API doesn't have a direct equivalent and will
be handled separately in a following commit.

Reporting the new state where applicable will be
implemented in following commits.

[1] https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/517844

Change-Id: I6aa7fec3b3bd728a5cfedcdc8d6b66f06337f7ce
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/159382
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn@posteo.de>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/offapi/com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleStateType.idl b/offapi/com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleStateType.idl
index 099dd6510901..f5dcad22a48a 100644
--- a/offapi/com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleStateType.idl
+++ b/offapi/com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleStateType.idl
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ constants AccessibleStateType
     */
     const hyper COLLAPSE = 8589934592;
 
+    /** Indicates this object is checkable, i.e. it has the potential
+        to be checked.
+        See also the CHECKED state.
+    */
+    const hyper CHECKABLE = 17179869184;
+
 };
 
 }; }; }; };