#1149227 orca doesn't work properly with icon view in file managers like caja and nemo

Package:
orca
Source:
orca
Submitter:
moashy mango
Date:
2026-10-10 21:21:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1149227#5
Date:
2026-09-28 15:38:34 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,
I hace noticed an issue with orca that effects nemo and caja as far as I have tested. when in icon view, orca will not read the file list when you use left and right to navigate. this also effects caja since when you press alt control d orca will not read the desktop or tell you you are on the desktop.
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 I pressed alt control d when logging in. orca should say desktop. icon view, instead, orca did not say that so users like myself don't even know they can navigate their files in the first place unless they switch to list view, but you can't have the desktop in list view
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#1149227#10
Date:
2026-09-28 16:23:18 UTC
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Hello,

moashy mango wrote:

I have forwarded the report to upstream, where the discussion needs to
take place rather than in Debian:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/work_items/753

With regards,
Samuel
#1149227#17
Date:
2026-09-28 16:24:50 UTC
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That’s fine, in the mean time, I’ll keep tracking new versions accordingly
#1149227#22
Date:
2026-09-28 16:26:17 UTC
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Jordan Livesey, le lun. 28 sept. 2026 17:24:50 +0100, a ecrit:

It would be really useful to subscribe to that upstream bug report:

Because if Joanie can't reproduce the issue, she will need feedback to
be able to.

Samuel
#1149227#27
Date:
2026-10-01 12:51:49 UTC
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Hello,

Samuel Thibault, le lun. 28 sept. 2026 18:26:17 +0200, a ecrit:

Like I was afraid of, Joanie is not able to reproduce the issue. Could
you comment there so she gets the feedback she needs to be able to fix
the bug?

Samuel
#1149227#34
Date:
2026-10-10 21:19:43 UTC
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Hello,

Again, we really need that you comment on the upstream orca bug report,
otherwise Joanie will not be able to make any progress on this.

You can also provide feedback on the Debian bug tracker, but it would be
way more efficient to directly discuss with Joanie on the gnome tracker.

Samuel

Samuel Thibault, le jeu. 01 oct. 2026 14:51:49 +0200, a ecrit: