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<ins> /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information. *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ import { ServicesAccessor } from '../../../../platform/instantiation/common/instantiation.js'; import { IAccessibleViewImplentation } from '../../../../platform/accessibility/browser/accessibleViewRegistry.js'; import { localize } from '../../../../nls.js'; import { ICodeEditor } from '../../../../editor/browser/editorBrowser.js'; import { AccessibleViewProviderId, AccessibleViewType, AccessibleContentProvider } from '../../../../platform/accessibility/browser/accessibleView.js'; import { AccessibilityVerbositySettingId } from '../../accessibility/browser/accessibilityConfiguration.js'; import { IEditorService } from '../../../services/editor/common/editorService.js'; import { IVisibleEditorPane } from '../../../common/editor.js'; import { ICodeEditorService } from '../../../../editor/browser/services/codeEditorService.js'; import { IS_COMPOSITE_NOTEBOOK } from '../../notebook/common/notebookContextKeys.js'; export class ReplEditorAccessibilityHelp implements IAccessibleViewImplentation { readonly priority = 105; readonly name = 'REPL Editor'; readonly when = IS_COMPOSITE_NOTEBOOK; readonly type: AccessibleViewType = AccessibleViewType.Help; getProvider(accessor: ServicesAccessor) { const activeEditor = accessor.get(ICodeEditorService).getActiveCodeEditor() || accessor.get(ICodeEditorService).getFocusedCodeEditor() || accessor.get(IEditorService).activeEditorPane; if (!activeEditor) { return; } return getAccessibilityHelpProvider(accessor, activeEditor); } } function getAccessibilityHelpText(): string { return [ localize('replEditor.overview', 'You are in a REPL Editor which contains in input box to evaluate expressions and a list of previously executed expressions and their output.'), localize('replEditor.execute', 'The Execute command{0} will evaluate the expression in the input box.', '<keybinding:repl.execute>'), localize('replEditor.focusHistory', 'The Focus History command{0} will move focus to the list of previously executed items.', '<keybinding:interactive.history.focus>'), localize('replEditor.focusReplInput', 'The Focus Input Editor command{0} will move focus to the REPL input box.', '<keybinding:interactive.input.focus>'), localize('replEditor.cellNavigation', 'The up and down arrows will also move focus between previously executed items.'), localize('replEditor.focusInOutput', 'The Focus Output command{0} will set focus on the output when focused on a previously executed item.', '<keybinding:notebook.cell.focusInOutput>'), ].join('n'); } function getAccessibilityHelpProvider(accessor: ServicesAccessor, editor: ICodeEditor | IVisibleEditorPane) { const helpText = getAccessibilityHelpText(); return new AccessibleContentProvider( AccessibleViewProviderId.ReplEditor, { type: AccessibleViewType.Help }, () => helpText, () => editor.focus(), AccessibilityVerbositySettingId.Notebook, ); } </ins>

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verification steps: get the latest pre-release for python extension run while focused in the REPL editor, press alt+F1 to open the a11y help view press escape to return focus to the editor