Accessibility in MQ Explorer
Accessibility features help a user who has a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use software products successfully.
When you use the administrative facilities that are provided by MQ Explorer, you can use your operating system's accessibility features to modify the behavior of the user interface. You can change the key behavior, provide a high-contrast display, or control the pointer with keys instead of a mouse. For more information, see the documentation for your operating system.
The fully accessible way of using IBM® MQ is to use the command-line interface. For more information, see Accessibility features for IBM MQ in the IBM MQ online product documentation.
MQ Explorer has been designed with accessibility in
mind. The following features have been implemented.
- MQ Explorer uses icons to indicate the status of objects, such as queue managers. Screen readers cannot interpret these icons, so there is an option to show a textual description of the icon. To select this option, from within the MQ Explorer click and select Show status of objects after object name.
- In MQ Explorer, there are several places where color is used to highlight parts of the interface. If you have difficulty interpreting the default colors, you can change them. For more information, see Changing the colors.
- In the Manage Authority Records dialogs, and in other dialogs that display object authorities, the tables use icons to show whether an authority is granted. Screen readers cannot interpret these icons. If you prefer, you can set the tables to use text instead of icons. For more information, see Displaying object authority settings as text.