Use OS X’s Accessibility API
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Description
When using Shortcat, I can’t access any of the menu bar functionality. Likewise, when prompted for an update, the window is inaccessible to me.

Using OS X’s Accessibility API should help alleviate this.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the OS X menu bar functionality and update prompt window in the client, then review the OS X Accessibility API documentation. Done means both the menu bar functionality and the update prompt are accessible when using Shortcat.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- accessibility, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100