feat(tracking): follow the caret in Java apps via the Java Access Bridge (#281) - #282
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…dge (#281) Java apps (IntelliJ, PyCharm) report the caret only through the Java Access Bridge. The client DLL is loaded from the Java app's own folder the first time a Java window is foreground; the bridge is enabled in .accessibility.properties for future launches so users need no manual step. Reads run on the tracker thread only, triggered by events (bridge callbacks, WinEvents), never the 60 Hz poll. Wind is a UIAccess process, so UIPI dropped the Java side's handshake messages: the bridge's own hidden windows now allow exactly that traffic. Version 0.11.0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KPUNAWcwghXdHCApcKKjSG
- per-folder failure cache instead of a session-wide latch - .accessibility.properties is only rewritten after a clean read or when it does not exist; a locked file is left alone and retried in 30 s - the bridge DLL (and a vcruntime shipped beside it) must be Authenticode signed, held open while verified and loaded, deps from its folder and System32 only: Wind is UIAccess and window classes are spoofable - UIPI allowance narrowed to the 7 bridge protocol messages - skip bridge calls while the Java window is not responding - reads only after a Java event or window switch, never unrelated wakes Docs: findings, cursor chapter, README, spec scope note, CLAUDE.md gotcha. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KPUNAWcwghXdHCApcKKjSG
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Closes #281.
Caret tracking now works in Java apps (IntelliJ, PyCharm, other Swing/AWT apps), which neither Wind nor Windows Magnifier followed before.
src/java_bridge.*).AccessBridgeMessages.h).%USERPROFILE%\.accessibility.properties(whatjabswitch -enabledoes); a Java app picks it up at its next start. The file is never rewritten from a failed read.Review
A 3-lens review (correctness, performance, security; sonnet reviewer plus adversarial sonnet verifier per lens) confirmed 7 findings, 2 rejected. All fixed in the second commit: per-folder retry, safe properties rewrite, signed-DLL loading with a pinned dependency search, narrowed UIPI allowance, hung-window skip, event-only reads.
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build.bat test: all doctests pass (newtest_java_bridge_util.cpp)🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01KPUNAWcwghXdHCApcKKjSG