1585989 - Pressing the right arrow while navigating drop-downs via keyboard with NVDA activated triggers an abnormal behavior

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[Vlad Lucaci, Thunderbird QA (:vlucaci)]

Affected versions

• 70.0b11
• 71.0a1(2019-10-03)

Affected platforms

• Windows 10

Steps to reproduce

1. Download and install NVDA screen reader.
2. Launch FF.
3. Go to reddit.com
4. Drop down the protections panel.
5. Navigate via keyboard over any available option.
6. Press right arrow (->) button.

Expected result

• If the selected element has a list sub-menu, the section is opened.

Actual result

• Pressing the right arrow button multiple times, renders the narrator to spell each letter from the title.

Regression range

• Will return with a regression ASAP.

Additional notes

• This issue does not occur on 69.0.1.

Comment 1

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

Thanks for testing accessibility.

The Protections panel has been deliberately marked as a document so that screen readers will use browse mode for it (bug 1572641), since there is a lot of information a user might want to read in there which isn't focusable. In browse mode, screen readers override the cursor keys to navigate through the text of the document. So, this is working as expected.