#1128322 evince: PDF content is inaccessible to ATs (e.g. Orca) since 49~alpha-1

Package:
evince
Source:
evince
Description:
Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer
Submitter:
Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Date:
2026-02-19 13:29:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1128322#5
Date:
2026-02-18 10:20:11 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

Since upgrading to 49~alpha-1 (which upgraded to GTK4 IIUC) I cannot
access PDF content with Orca anymore.  This is a major usability
regression for any user relying on accessibility, as they cannot read
PDFs using Evince anymore.

I am not sure if it's Evince itself that lost accessibility with GTK4,
or if there are specific requirements on GTK and/or AT-SPI2 versions
for this to work, but currently in Sid it doesn't work.

Interestingly, Papers (49.3-1) works, and seems to use GTK4 just the
same.  Atril still works as well, but uses GTK3 and didn't change
recently

PS: apparmor profile change was because of testing 48 again before this
report to confirm it worked, which required tampering because of
#1127710. Nothing fancy, just loosening security there.

#1128322#10
Date:
2026-02-19 13:19:23 UTC
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