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4 <!ENTITY atk-AtkAction SYSTEM "xml/atkaction.xml">
5 <!ENTITY atk-AtkComponent SYSTEM "xml/atkcomponent.xml">
6 <!ENTITY atk-AtkDocument SYSTEM "xml/atkdocument.xml">
7 <!ENTITY atk-AtkEditabletext SYSTEM "xml/atkeditabletext.xml">
8 <!ENTITY atk-AtkGObjectAccessible SYSTEM "xml/atkgobjectaccessible.xml">
9 <!ENTITY atk-AtkHyperlink SYSTEM "xml/atkhyperlink.xml">
10 <!ENTITY atk-AtkHyperlinkImpl SYSTEM "xml/atkhyperlinkimpl.xml">
11 <!ENTITY atk-AtkHypertext SYSTEM "xml/atkhypertext.xml">
12 <!ENTITY atk-AtkImage SYSTEM "xml/atkimage.xml">
13 <!ENTITY atk-AtkMisc SYSTEM "xml/atkmisc.xml">
14 <!ENTITY atk-AtkNoOpObject SYSTEM "xml/atknoopobject.xml">
15 <!ENTITY atk-AtkNoOpObjectFactory SYSTEM "xml/atknoopobjectfactory.xml">
16 <!ENTITY atk-AtkPlug SYSTEM "xml/atkplug.xml">
17 <!ENTITY atk-AtkObject SYSTEM "xml/atkobject.xml">
18 <!ENTITY atk-AtkObjectFactory SYSTEM "xml/atkobjectfactory.xml">
19 <!ENTITY atk-AtkRange SYSTEM "xml/atkrange.xml">
20 <!ENTITY atk-AtkRegistry SYSTEM "xml/atkregistry.xml">
21 <!ENTITY atk-AtkRelation SYSTEM "xml/atkrelation.xml">
22 <!ENTITY atk-AtkRelationSet SYSTEM "xml/atkrelationset.xml">
23 <!ENTITY atk-AtkSelection SYSTEM "xml/atkselection.xml">
24 <!ENTITY atk-AtkSocket SYSTEM "xml/atksocket.xml">
25 <!ENTITY atk-AtkState SYSTEM "xml/atkstate.xml">
26 <!ENTITY atk-AtkStateSet SYSTEM "xml/atkstateset.xml">
27 <!ENTITY atk-AtkStreamableContent SYSTEM "xml/atkstreamablecontent.xml">
28 <!ENTITY atk-AtkTable SYSTEM "xml/atktable.xml">
29 <!ENTITY atk-AtkTableCell SYSTEM "xml/atktablecell.xml">
30 <!ENTITY atk-AtkText SYSTEM "xml/atktext.xml">
31 <!ENTITY atk-AtkUtil SYSTEM "xml/atkutil.xml">
32 <!ENTITY atk-AtkValue SYSTEM "xml/atkvalue.xml">
33 <!ENTITY atk-AtkWindow SYSTEM "xml/atkwindow.xml">
34 <!ENTITY atk-AtkVersion SYSTEM "xml/atkversion.xml">
35 <!ENTITY version SYSTEM "version.xml">
38 <book>
39 <bookinfo>
40 <title>ATK - Accessibility Toolkit</title>
41 <releaseinfo>for ATK &version;</releaseinfo>
42 </bookinfo>
44 <chapter id="overview">
45 <title>Overview</title>
46 <para>
47 GNOME provides support for accessibility devices using the ATK
48 framework. This framework defines a set of interfaces to which
49 graphical interface components adhere. This allows, for instance,
50 screen readers to read the text of an interface and interact with its
51 controls. ATK support is built into GTK+ and the rest of the GNOME
52 platform, so any application using GTK+ will have reasonable
53 accessibility support for free.
54 </para>
56 <para>
57 Nonetheless, you should be aware of accessibility issues when when
58 developing your applications. Although GTK+ interfaces provide
59 reasonable accessibility by default, you can often improve how well
60 your program behaves with accessibility tools by providing additional
61 information to ATK. If you develop custom widgets, you should ensure
62 that they expose their properties to ATK
63 </para>
65 </chapter>
67 <chapter id="atkobject">
68 <title>Base accessibility object</title>
69 &atk-AtkObject;
70 </chapter>
72 <chapter id="toolkit">
73 <title>Event and toolkit support</title>
74 &atk-AtkUtil;
75 </chapter>
77 <chapter id="interfaces">
78 <title>ATK Interfaces</title>
79 &atk-AtkAction;
80 &atk-AtkComponent;
81 &atk-AtkDocument;
82 &atk-AtkEditabletext;
83 &atk-AtkHyperlinkImpl;
84 &atk-AtkHypertext;
85 &atk-AtkImage;
86 &atk-AtkSelection;
87 &atk-AtkStreamableContent;
88 &atk-AtkTable;
89 &atk-AtkTableCell;
90 &atk-AtkText;
91 &atk-AtkValue;
92 &atk-AtkWindow;
93 </chapter>
95 <chapter id="data">
96 <title>Basic accessible data types</title>
97 &atk-AtkRange;
98 &atk-AtkRelation;
99 &atk-AtkRelationSet;
100 &atk-AtkState;
101 &atk-AtkStateSet;
102 </chapter>
104 <chapter id="accessibles">
105 <title>Custom accessible objects</title>
106 &atk-AtkGObjectAccessible;
107 &atk-AtkHyperlink;
108 &atk-AtkNoOpObject;
109 &atk-AtkPlug;
110 &atk-AtkSocket;
111 </chapter>
113 <chapter id="utilities">
114 <title>Utilities</title>
115 &atk-AtkNoOpObjectFactory;
116 &atk-AtkObjectFactory;
117 &atk-AtkRegistry;
118 &atk-AtkVersion;
119 </chapter>
121 <chapter id="deprecated">
122 <title>Deprecated Interfaces</title>
123 &atk-AtkMisc;
124 </chapter>
126 <index id="api-index-full">
127 <title>Index of all symbols</title>
128 </index>
129 <index id="api-index-deprecated" role="deprecated">
130 <title>Index of deprecated symbols</title>
131 </index>
132 <index id="api-index-1-3" role="1.3">
133 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.3</title>
134 </index>
135 <index id="api-index-1-4" role="1.4">
136 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.4</title>
137 </index>
138 <index id="api-index-1-6" role="1.6">
139 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.6</title>
140 </index>
141 <index id="api-index-1-9" role="1.9">
142 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.9</title>
143 </index>
144 <index id="api-index-1-12" role="1.12">
145 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.12</title>
146 </index>
147 <index id="api-index-1-13" role="1.13">
148 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.13</title>
149 </index>
150 <index id="api-index-1-20" role="1.20">
151 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.20</title>
152 </index>
153 <index id="api-index-1-22" role="1.22">
154 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.22</title>
155 </index>
156 <index id="api-index-1-30" role="1.30">
157 <title>Index of new symbols in 1.30</title>
158 </index>
159 <index id="api-index-2-2" role="2.2">
160 <title>Index of new symbols in 2.2</title>
161 </index>
162 <index id="api-index-2-8" role="2.8">
163 <title>Index of new symbols in 2.8</title>
164 </index>
165 <index id="api-index-2-10" role="2.10">
166 <title>Index of new symbols in 2.10</title>
167 </index>
168 <index id="api-index-2-12" role="2.12">
169 <title>Index of new symbols in 2.12</title>
170 </index>
171 </book>