add vertical and horizontal movement alerts to the ruler, phetsims/gr…

…avity-force-lab#215
phetsims · Dec 31, 2019 · 4b3e1e6 · 4b3e1e6
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diff --git a/js/view/ISLCRulerNode.js b/js/view/ISLCRulerNode.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define( require => {
       else {
         releaseRulerSoundPlayer = options.releaseRulerSoundPlayer;
       }
-      
+
       // check if a sound player was provided for ruler motion and, if not, create a default
       let movementSoundPlayer;
       if ( options.movementSoundPlayer === null ) {
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ define( require => {
 
         onGrab() {
           grabRulerSoundPlayer.play();
+
+          // call this first to update the dsecriber state before the alert
+          rulerDescriber.onGrab();
+
           grabbedUtterance.alert = rulerDescriber.getRulerGrabbedAlertable();
           phet.joist.sim.utteranceQueue.addToBack( grabbedUtterance );
         },