Activate accessibility for Qt 5.7 application

[Danman]

Hi,

How do I go about making my Qt application accessible to screen readers can access it? Is accessibility enabled by default with Qt 5.7 or do I need a plugin or change a setting or something?

Any help is appreciated.

[raven-worx]

@Danman
official releases should have accessibility support enabled by default.
As long as you use standard Qt widgets nothing should be needed from your side.

Special custom widgets may need a custom accessible interface.

But why dont you simply try it?

[Danman]

@raven-worx
Ok, good to know that official releases should have accessibility support enable by default. What would happen if I had both standard Qt widgets and special custom widgets? Would the standard widgets be accessible?

When you say try it, do you mean try if it's accessible? I have, and it's not - unfortunately. I'm trying to access my application with LDTP but it can't find the application at all.

Thanks for your reply.

[raven-worx]

@Danman
oh i dont know much about the backend on linux systems.
Maybe this helps?

[Danman]

@raven-worx OMG thank you so much!! Your link had the answer and now it works perfectly! I can't thank you enough, you're a hero :)