Accessibility Settings — Auxiliary Messages

Release 2.16.2303 and above.

When editor.accessibility.assistiveMessage is set to true, an auxiliary message is generated for the text where the caret is located or the selected text content when the caret is moved or an area is selected during editing, and this is announced to assistive devices.

The default value is false.

// synapeditor.config.js
{
  'editor.accessibility.assistiveMessage': false
}

Situations and Content Announced

Situation	Content announced to assistive device
When clicking a paragraph with the mouse	Text of the sentence where the caret is located
When moving the caret up/down	Text of the sentence where the caret is located
When moving the caret left/right	One character of text
When making a selection	Text added to the selection + "selected"
When deselecting	Deselected text + "selection cleared"
When selecting all	"Select all" + selected text
When deleting text in caret state	Deleted text
When deleting text in selection state	"Selection area deleted"