• Added some features to make views ignorable by VoiceOver.

Author: jerrykrinock

SSYLineBox.h

@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 
 /*!
  @brief    Subclass of NSBox which makes collapses into a grayscale vertical or
- horizontal line, with whiteness=0.2, alpha=1.0, thickness=1.0 point, restoring
- the darkness of the "Vertical Line" and "Horizontal Line" object that became
- too white in macOS 10.10.
+ horizontal line, with whiteness=0.2, alpha=1.0, thickness=1.0 point, and is
+ ignored by VoiceOver.
  
- @details  This subclass is useful in macOS 10.10 Yosemite.  For some
+ @details  This subclass is useful in macOS 10.10 or later.  For some
  reason, the "Vertical Line" and "Horizontal Line" NSBox objects in the
  xib library, which produce a fairly dark line in earlier versions of macOS,
  produce a very light gray line in macOS 10.10 that is barely discernable on
  a white background.  Just change the object class of your Vertical Line and
- Horizontal Line objects from NSBox to SSYLineBox
+ Horizontal Line objects from NSBox to SSYLineBox.
  */
 @interface SSYLineBox : NSBox
 

SSYLineBox.m

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ @implementation SSYLineBox
 #define DESIRED_ALPHA 1.0
 #define DESIRED_THICKNESS 1.0
 
+- (void)awakeFromNib {
+    self.accessibilityElement = NO;
+}
+
 - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect {
     NSColor* color = [NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:DESIRED_WHITENESS
                                                  alpha:DESIRED_ALPHA] ;

SSYNoVoiceOverControls.h

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+/*!
+ @brief    Image view which will be skipped over by VoiceOver
+
+ @details  Be careful that you *really* want the view to be skipped over by
+ VoiceOver, because its meaning is conveyed in a better, non-visual way,
+ elsewhere.  Remember that not all VoiceOver users are completely blind.
+ */
+@interface SSYNoVoiceOverImageView : NSImageView {}
+@end
+
+/*!
+ @brief    Button which will be skipped over by VoiceOver
+
+ @details  Be careful that you *really* want the button to be skipped over by
+ VoiceOver, because its meaning is conveyed in a better, non-visual way,
+ elsewhere.  Remember that not all VoiceOver users are completely blind.
+ */
+@interface SSYNoVoiceOverButton : NSButton {}
+@end
+
+/*!
+ @brief    Text field which will be skipped over by VoiceOver
+
+ @details  Be careful that you *really* want the field to be skipped over by
+ VoiceOver, because its meaning is conveyed in a better, non-visual way,
+ elsewhere.  Remember that not all VoiceOver users are completely blind.
+ */
+@interface SSYNoVoiceOverTextField : NSTextField {}
+@end
+

SSYNoVoiceOverControls.m

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#import "SSYNoVoiceOverControls.h"
+
+@implementation SSYNoVoiceOverImageView
+
+- (void)awakeFromNib {
+    self.cell.accessibilityElement = NO;
+}
+
+@end
+
+
+@implementation SSYNoVoiceOverButton
+
+- (void)awakeFromNib {
+    self.cell.accessibilityElement = NO;
+}
+
+@end
+
+
+@implementation SSYNoVoiceOverTextField
+
+- (void)awakeFromNib {
+    self.cell.accessibilityElement = NO;
+}
+
+@end
+