The about:config back end is not as accessible as it used to be.
Categories
(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)
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(Reporter: kingettr, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:72.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/72.0
Steps to reproduce:
- Run NVDA.
- Enter about:config. Check the, I understand, check box.
Actual results:
This whole area is not very keyboard friendly. I can't navigate the different settings with any of the arrow keys like I used to do because NVDA 2019.2 will not read the settings unless arrowing through manually. The Toggle buttons are not properly stated, either. NVDA users don't know if a state is enabled, or disabled
Expected results:
I expected to move up and down among the settings, after pressing the up and down arrow keys. I expected the state of toggle switches to be read, as well, when enabling and disabling settings.
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.
It's also much harder to find user-configured accessibility settings.
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Comment 3•5 years ago
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The entire user interface of this page has changed... for everyone. It's now much more like a web page. It's true that there is no longer keyboard support (though this is being considered in bug 1560683). However, the page is fully accessible in screen reader browse modes:
- The settings are shown in a table which can be navigated using screen reader table navigation commands.
- The value of a setting (true/false, text, etc.) is indicated in the second column.
- The "Toggle" is the label of the button; i.e. pressing it toggles the value. It isn't a check box style control visually. For an editable value, that would be an "Edit" button.
See bug 1502867 regarding showing only user modified settings. See the bugs blocking bug 1493439 for other requests concerning the new about:config interface.
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