Closed Bug 1379297 Opened 7 years ago Closed 4 years ago

JAWS does not read checkbox button selections when e10s is enabled

Categories

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect, P3)

56 Branch
x86_64
Windows
defect

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Tracking Status
firefox56 --- affected
firefox57 --- affected

People

(Reporter: u554753, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

(Keywords: multiprocess, singleprocess)

JAWS Version: 18.0.4103

User Agent 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Navigate to http://www.oaa-accessibility.org/example/34/
2. Click in a checkbox
3. Observe screenreader behavior

Expected Result:
JAWS screenreader reads the output of the selected checkbox.

Actual Result:
Nothing is read by the screenreader.

JAWS screenreader reads the checkbox correctly when e10s is turned off.
Blocks: jaws, 1350984
This issue is still reproducible with the below specs, however the actual results are now different. 

e10s Enabled and Disabled: Screenreader reads "Tab panel checked" but does not say the name of the checkbox


Firefox Nightly - 57.0a1 
JAWS Version - 18.0.4938
Priority: -- → P2
Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Flags: needinfo?(twalker)
Flags: needinfo?(twalker)
Moving to p3 because no activity for at least 1 year(s).
See https://github.com/mozilla/bug-handling/blob/master/policy/triage-bugzilla.md#how-do-you-triage for more information
Priority: P2 → P3

All items read normally now. Tested in JAWS 2020.2006.12 and Firefox 81 Nightly. Closing as WFM.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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