[Bug 297867] New: [a11y] Existing/received messages should be caret navigable

[Joanmarie Diggs]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=297867

            Bug ID: 297867
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.8.1
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: [a11y] Existing/received messages should be caret
                    navigable
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: jdiggs at igalia.com
          Hardware: Other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: general
           Product: kmail2

KMail messages are caret navigable when being composed (of course). But this
does not seem to be the case for  existing messages.

Making all messages caret navigable improves accessibility:
  * Text selection without a mouse
  * Message access for users who are blind
With respect to the latter, much work has been done recently in the area of Qt
accessibility [1] and, as a result, Orca users are beginning to use KDE apps in
the GNOME desktop. Unfortunately KMail will not be an option until
existing/received messages are caret navigable.

[1] http://userbase.kde.org/Accessibility/Getting_Started

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