1695928 - Accessibility: Find in This Page: Navigating between matches should have an audio indication of the currently selected match

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Find Toolbar, enhancement)

Description

[Marcela (Please NI request to Brindusa Tot)]

Note

• From the point of view of the Find In This Page feature, when a user attempts to find a specific term in the page with a screen reader (like NVDA for Windows) he will notice that there is no audio indication when navigating between matches.

Affected versions

• All

Affected platforms

• All

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a Screen Reader (NVDA for Windows)
2. Load a page.
3. CTRL+F
4. Input a term to search in page
   Observe: the first term in the page gets selected; no audio indication.
5. Press Enter.

Expected result

• An audio indication of the currently selected match should be played.

Actual result

• No vocal help is offered.

Regression range

• This is not a regression.

Additional notes

• More information regarding the use of the Find in This Page feature with Screen Readers:
  ** can-dos:

1. When the Find Toolbar is opened (or the input box is selected), audio saying "Toolbar - Find in page..." is played.
2. When navigating the focus on the toolbar using Tab key or when hovering over the up arrow, down arrow, Highlight all, Match Case, Match Diacritics, Whole Words buttons or on the text currently displayed ("x of xxx matches"/"Phrase not found"), they will properly be read.

**no-can-dos:

1. This bug's original report: An audio indication of the currently selected match is not played.
2. Buttons status is improperly read (can't tell whether it is activated or not).