Bug summary

A very common way of interacting with windows on MacOS is through Apple'sAccessibility Framework, which is used for all manner of screen manipulations, voice readers, etc. For example, sight-impaired people can use voice commands to select buttons or have control names read to them, users can use accessibility controls to move and arrange windows, etc.

I have discovered that the plotting windows produced in the "Python" app of the MacOSX backend are created without any accessibility information whatsoever. I used the "Accessibility Inspector" to check this. I've never encountered this before; in fact I didn't think it was possible. Is it a known issue?

Code for reproduction

SimplycreateaMacOSXbackendwindowandattempttoinspectitwith"Accessibility Inspector".

Actual outcome

A seemingly normal MacOS window is created, but it has no accessibility controls or data of any kind.

Expected outcome

Like all modern MacOS applications, Python windows come with at least basic accessibility controls.

Additional information

No response

Operating system

MacOS

Matplotlib Version

3.5.2

Matplotlib Backend

MacOSX

Python version

3.10.8

Jupyter version

n/a

Installation

pip