Accessibility Features of SAS Model Manager

Overview

Documentation Format

Landmarks

User Interface Layout

SAS Model Manager Client

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

Themes

Keyboard Shortcuts

SAS Model Manager Client

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

SAS Model Manager Client

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

Overview

SAS Model Manager 12.3 has been tested with assistive technology tools. It includes accessibility and compatibility features that improve the usability of the product for users with disabilities. (Some accessibility issues remain and are noted below.) These features are related to accessibility standards for electronic information technology that were adopted by the U.S. Government under Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (2008 draft proposal initiative update). Applications are also tested against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, part of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). For detailed information about the accessibility of this product, send e-mail to accessibility@sas.com or call SAS Technical Support.

Documentation Format

Please contact accessibility@sas.com if you need this document in an alternative digital format.

Landmarks

Landmarks are references to the primary areas of an application’s user interface. They provide a quick and easy way for keyboard users to navigate to these areas of the application.

To access the list of landmarks that are available for a specific context, press Ctrl+F6 to open the Landmarks window. Use the arrow keys to select a landmark, and then press Enter to navigate to that area of the application.

User Interface Layout

SAS Model Manager Client

The SAS Model Manager user interface provides you with quick access to data, metadata, and summary information for your projects and models. The interface includes a menu bar, a toolbar, a category view button bar, and category views. The menu bar enables you to perform tasks on your models and projects. The toolbar provides shortcuts to tasks that you can perform on your models and projects. Many toolbar options are also available on pop-up menus. The list of active options on the menu bar or on the toolbar varies based on your category view and the component that is selected. Inactive options are dimmed. The category views provide information and metadata about projects, life cycles, and data sources.

For more information about the layout and features of the application window, see Layout of the SAS Model Manager Window.

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

The SAS Model Manager Workflow Console provides a framework for working with SAS workflow. The application window contains three main sections:

The top of the window contains the application name and an application bar that includes a menu bar and a Log Off button.
The left side of the window contains a collapsible navigation pane. This pane can contain one or more views (depending on your assigned capabilities and roles) that you select using buttons at the bottom of the pane. The views contain either trees or lists of objects. You can open these objects (one at a time) into tabs in the work area next to the navigation pane.
The center of the window (the work area) contains tabs: personal tabs, open objects, system reports, and administrative tools. The work area can be split (either vertically or horizontally) into two groups of tabs.
The right side of the window can contain a pane for docking the Object Preview window, the Permissions Inspector window, and the How To window. This pane is not displayed until a window is docked.
The bottom of the window contains a status bar that displays information about your connection to the metadata server.

To customize the application window and its features, select File

Preferences. For more information about the layout and features of the application window, see Using Workflow Console.

Themes

An application’s theme is the collection of colors, graphics, and fonts that appear in the application. The following themes are provided with this application: SAS Corporate, SAS Blue Steel, SAS Light, and SAS Dark. To change the theme for the application, select File

Preferences and go to the Global Preferences page.

Keyboard Shortcuts

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The following table contains standard keyboard shortcuts for the application. Keyboard shortcuts are also documented in tooltips and menu labels.

Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Display a Help pop-up window	F1
Display the contents of a menu	ALT + first letter of the menu name (for example, press ALT+F to access the File menu).
Cancel an action in a pop-up window or wizard	ALT+C
Acknowledge a message or accept an action in a pop-up window.	ALT+O
View the next page of a wizard	ALT+N
Go back to the previous page of a wizard	ALT+B
Finish entering information in a wizard.	ALT+F

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

The following table contains the keyboard shortcuts for the application. In the user interface, the shortcuts are displayed within parentheses in tooltips and menu labels.

Note: When you use a keyboard shortcut to activate a button, move the focus to the field or section that the button is associated with before you use the keyboard shortcut. For example, if a table has an associated Help

button, you must first move the focus to the table before you press Ctrl+?.

Keyboard Shortcuts
Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Open a Help pop-up window from the button.	Ctrl+? Note: This shortcut does not work on some keyboards (for example, the Italian keyboard).
Zoom in.	Ctrl+plus sign
Zoom out.	Ctrl+minus sign
Reset the zoom state.	Ctrl+0
Maximize view (collapses the category pane and the tile pane, and hides the status bar and the application bar, which includes the menu bar and the workspace bar). or Exit maximized view (expands the category pane and the tile pane, and shows the status bar and the application bar).	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Open a pop-up menu.	Shift+F9 (if a menu is available in that context) Note: If you use Shift+F9 to display the pop-up menu, then it is always displayed in the top left corner of the user interface control that you are using.
Open the Landmarks window.	Ctrl+F6
Temporarily invert or revert application colors (for the current session only). Note: You can set the Invert application colors preference in the Preferences window if you want the color change to persist across sessions.	Ctrl+~
Rename the selected tab.	Make sure that the focus is on the tab. Press F2, and specify the new name. To commit your changes, press Enter. To cancel your changes, press Esc.
Close the selected tab.	Make sure that the focus is on the tab, and then press Delete. Note: Some tabs cannot be closed.
Switch in and out of Edit mode for a table cell.	To enter Edit mode, select a cell, and press F2. To exit Edit mode, press Esc.
Navigate between table headings and table content.	For a two-dimensional table, make sure that the focus is on the table and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch the focus between column headings and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading. For a multidimensional table, make sure that the focus is on a table cell and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch the focus between column headings, row headings, and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading.
Navigate the content rows of a table.	When table cells are in Edit mode: Press Tab and Shift+Tab to move from cell to cell horizontally across columns. Press Enter and Shift+Enter to move from cell to cell vertically across rows. When table cells are not in Edit mode, use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell.
Sort columns in a table.	To sort a single column, navigate to its column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Press the spacebar to sort the column. To sort additional columns, navigate to the column heading of each additional column that you want to sort. Press Ctrl+spacebar.
Change the width of the current column.	Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Ctrl+left arrow or Ctrl+right arrow to change the width of the column.
Move the current column.	Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Shift+left arrow to move one column to the left, and press Shift+right arrow to move one column to the right.
Automatically re-size the current column to fit its contents.	Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Enter.

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards

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Exceptions to accessibility standards are documented in the following table.

Accessibility Issue	Workaround
You cannot use the keyboard to open context menus in the object details section. SHIFT + F10 does not open the context menus when focus is on the relevant field in the details section, such a property field.	Use MouseKeys to open the context menus. MouseKeys lets you control the mouse pointer by using the numeric keypad on your keyboard. In Windows XP, press the Left ALT, Left SHIFT, and NUM LOCK keys, to turn on MouseKeys. You can also use the Control Panel. Select Accessibility OptionsMouse tab and then select Use MouseKeys. For Windows 7, from the Control Panel select Ease of Access CenterMake the mouse easier to use, and then select Turn on Mouse Keys.
You cannot use the keyboard to expand or collapse the objects in the Project Tree.	No workaround is available.
The JAWS screen reading software utility cannot read most of the text in the SAS Model Manager main window and pop-up windows. For example, not all of the text in the Project Tree, icon toolbar, Properties pane, Resources pane, Annotations pane, and New Report Wizard is readable by the screen reader.	No workaround is available.
You can use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Tab to move focus to another component in the main window. However, the toolbar icons and left navigation icons are not active, even though they might look active.	No workaround is available.
SAS Model Manager does not properly inherit the Windows high contrast and large text settings.	No workaround is available.
The ENTER key does not activate a default button, such as OK, Next, or Finish in a window after the required fields have been completed.	No workaround is available.
When JAWS is in use, some parts of SAS Model Manager have performance issues. For example, when you are navigating the Project Tree, JAWS pauses before reading the contents of the component that is currently in focus. If you move quickly through the list before JAWS reads each entry, JAWS reads only some but not all of the selections before reading the current selection. The performance issues seem to worsen with the number of levels that are expanded in the Project Tree, and there is a delay when expanding and collapsing objects when navigating.	No workaround is available.
When JAWS is in use, the Library drop-down does not respond correctly to keyboard input. The Alt+Down Arrow key combination places focus on the Input Variable table when using the Create Output Table feature.	A user can use the arrow keys to change the selection, and then navigate away and back immediately to enable JAWS to read the current selection.

SAS Model Manager Workflow Console

Exceptions to accessibility standards are documented in the following table.

Note: The JAWS issues occur when JAWS is used with Internet Explorer. Other browsers were not tested with JAWS, unless noted.

Exceptions to Accessibility Standards
Accessibility Issue	Workaround
Sometimes, you cannot use the keyboard to sequentially navigate through the interface and move the focus in a meaningful order.	No workaround is available.
The SAS High Contrast theme has a few unresolved focus and contrast issues.	For contrast issues, select a different theme, and then press Ctrl+~ to invert the colors.
The SAS Light theme and SAS Dark theme might not provide sufficient color contrast for some users.	Use the SAS Corporate theme or the SAS High Contrast theme.
JAWS cannot read some of the controls in the application, such as images, icons, and buttons.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read the tooltips of items in trees, lists, and menus.	No workaround is available.
JAWS refers to table controls as list boxes.	When JAWS reports that a control is a list box, keep in mind that it might actually be a table.
JAWS can sometimes read controls that have been disabled.	No workaround is available.
Sometimes, JAWS does not correctly work with the controls in the Preferences window.	When you are in Virtual PC cursor mode in JAWS, traverse the entire window to familiarize yourself with its contents before you change any of the settings. You might need to switch between Forms mode and Virtual PC cursor mode to access all of the controls.
JAWS does not correctly read the states in a tri-state check box tree if JAWS is not in Forms mode.	Disable the JAWS Virtual PC cursor when you work with the check box tree. Tab to the tree, and press Insert+Z to disable the Virtual PC cursor. When you finish interacting with the tree, press Insert+Z to re-enable the Virtual PC cursor.
The keyboard shortcuts that are used to interact with editable tables can conflict with keyboard shortcuts for the Forms mode in JAWS.	As a best practice, disable the JAWS Virtual PC cursor when you work with tables. Tab to the table, and press Insert+Z to disable the Virtual PC cursor. When you finish interacting with the table, press Insert+Z to re-enable the Virtual PC cursor.
JAWS cannot read two-column property tables.	No workaround is available.
JAWS does not correctly read the information in a table: JAWS cannot read the column headings of a table. When table cells are not editable and the focus is on the body of the table, JAWS reads an entire row at a time instead of cell by cell. When table cells are editable and the focus is on the body of the table, JAWS reads only the first row of the table. If you use the arrow keys to select a cell or row, then JAWS does not read anything. If you press Enter to edit a cell, then JAWS reads the row that contains the edited cell.	No workaround is available.
When a table cell is selected and you press Home, End, Page Up, or Page Down, the focus moves to the first displayed column, regardless of which column you were in.	Use the arrow keys to navigate through the cells of the table.
You cannot use the keyboard to scroll to the left and the right in some tables.	No workaround is available.
You cannot use the keyboard to activate the links within how-to topics and Help pop-up windows.	Use the Help menu to access the linked documents.
You cannot use Shift+F10 to open a pop-up menu.	Use Shift+F9 to open pop-up menus that are created for the SAS application. The generic menu that is provided by the Flash player cannot be opened by Shift+F9. Note: If you press Shift+F10 in Internet Explorer and no context menu is available, the browser moves the focus to the File menu for the browser tab. To return focus to the application area of the browser window, press Esc.
You cannot use the keyboard to access the close (x) button that is in the top right corner of a tab.	Make sure that the focus is on the tab, and then press Delete to close the tab.
You cannot use the keyboard to access the close (x) button that is in the top right corner of a tile in the tile pane.	Make sure that the focus is on the tile, and then press Delete to close the tile. (The object that is displayed in the tile is not deleted.)
Visual focus for the menu bar is indicated with an outline around the entire menu bar instead of around individual menus.	To select individual menus, use the left or right arrow key.
Sometimes, you cannot use the Tab key to move the focus to the application area of a web browser (that is, the part of the browser window that is controlled by the Flash player).	The following workaround is applicable to Internet Explorer only. Press Ctrl+number, where number is the ordinal position of the application’s tab in the set of tabs that are open in your browser window. Then press Tab to move the focus to the application area.
You cannot use the Tab key to move the focus outside of a code or expression editor. Pressing Tab within the editor only inserts tabs.	For Internet Explorer, press Shift+F10, and then press Esc to move the focus outside of the editor. For Firefox, press Alt+Tab to switch to another application. When you switch back, the focus will be outside of the editor.
You cannot use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M to minimize or maximize the view if the focus is on the workspace bar.	No workaround is available.
If you tab to an item that is partially or entirely off-screen, the item is not automatically scrolled back into view.	Sometimes, you can use the arrow keys or the Tab key to scroll the item back into view.
When you use the Ctrl+plus sign keyboard shortcut to zoom in, some portions of the interface can become hidden from view.	Use the keyboard to access the hidden parts of the interface.
The Ctrl+plus sign and Ctrl+minus sign keyboard shortcuts for zooming in and out do not work on some menus unless the menus are first opened.	Open the menu before you use the keyboard shortcut.
The Ctrl+plus sign and Ctrl+minus sign keyboard shortcuts for zooming in and out do not work on all elements in the application window (for example, tooltips and button labels).	No workaround is available.
If you maximize a tile in the Home workspace and then use the Tab key to navigate, the focus appears to be lost after you tab away from the Log Off button.	After you tab away from the Log Off button, press the Tab key 5 more times to return the focus to the maximized tile.
You cannot use the keyboard to navigate in the Layout section because it is a Read-Only interface that is used for the visual verification of the elements that have been created.	Use the test button that is in the Layout section to preview your elements in a secondary window. The items that are displayed in the secondary window are identical to the items that are displayed in the Layout section, but unlike the items in the Read-Only Layout section, you can interact with the items in the secondary window. Note: After the application opens the secondary window, press Tab to move the focus to the window.
JAWS cannot read the labels for the Red, Green, and Blue fields in the Custom Colors window.	No workaround is available.
You cannot use the keyboard to access the color blocks in the Recently used section of the color selection control.	No workaround is available.
JAWS does not explain how to open a drop-down menu or drop-down list.	Press Ctrl+down arrow to open the control.
When JAWS reads the control names in a breadcrumb, it does not distinguish between the breadcrumb buttons that contain drop-down menus and those that do not.	Check for a drop-down menu by pressing Ctrl+down arrow on a breadcrumb button. A drop-down menu will open if one exists for that button.
When you use the down arrow to scroll through the items in a "combo box," any item that opens a secondary window will do so when you scroll down to it. This will prevent you from navigating to items that are farther down in the drop-down list.	Press Ctrl+down arrow to scroll through the items in the drop-down list, and then press Enter or Tab to make a selection.
When you add a date value to the predefined list for a date element, you cannot use the keyboard to access the date-selection button in the table cells in the Customize Data window for the predefined list.	Enter the date value in the field that is next to the date-selection button.
JAWS cannot read the contents of a tree table (that is, a table that contains a tree) unless the table is in Edit mode.	Make sure that the focus is in the tree table, and press F2 to enter Edit mode.
JAWS cannot read the <name-of-UI-control>.	No workaround is available.
JAWS cannot read the content selection tree.	No workaround is available.
Sometimes, after you close a tab to hide it from view, you can still use the keyboard to access the contents of the tab.	No workaround is available.
After you edit or delete a comment, the focus does not return to the comment.	Use the Tab key to return the focus to the comment.
If the list of additional search options contains a secondary level of options, you cannot use the keyboard to select the check boxes that are associated with that secondary level of options.	No workaround is available.