1804679 - mm/dd/yyyy from date input field incorrectly read out loud by screen reader NVDA

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Disability Access, defect)

Description

[Ina Popescu, Desktop QA]

Found in

• Firefox Nightly 109.0a1

Affected versions

• Firefox Nightly 109.0a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Windows 10
• Unaffected platforms: similar Bug 1804674

Preconditions

• Firefox Nightly installed
• Screen Reader NVDA is enabled

Steps to reproduce

1. Reach data:text/html, <input type='date'>
2. Hover over the mm/dd/yyyy placeholder in the date input field

Expected result

• Each element inside the date input field should be read out loud correctly by the screen reader(Month spin button, Day spin button, Year spin button)

Actual result

• The elements inside the date input field are read out loud by the screen reader mm,dd,yyyy.

Regression range

• Not a regression because these improvements were recently implemented through Bug 1676068.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

:epopescu, if you think that's a regression, could you try to find a regression range using for example mozregression?

Comment 2

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

NVDA mouse tracking doesn't report the labels of text entry controls. It only reports the text. You can additionally have it report the control type (e.g. spin button) by enabling NVDA menu -> Preferences -> Settings -> Mouse -> Report role when mouse enters object, but this still won't report the label. This is not unique to our date controls.