1846585 - [Win] When returning to FirefoxView-Next tab with NVDA, the keyboard focus is different from the programmatic focus

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Firefox View, defect, P2)

Description

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

set browser.tabs.firefox-view-next to true and ensure a screen reader (i.e. NVDA) is running

STR:

1. With NVDA running, navigate to View all using the keyboard (Tab)
2. Navigate to the second link in the list by pressing Down Arrow only (bug 1846572)
3. Press Shift+Tab to change the view to any other window. Then press Shift+Tab again to return to the Fx View window
4. When a screen reader user returns the focus to the Firefox View tab/window from any other tab or window, the browsing mode focus (programmatic) position is saved (as expected), but it's not communicated visually

Expected:

1. Focus visually remains on the same link that was focused before the user changed tabs/windows (so a screen reader announces that same item)

Actual:

1. Visual placement of the focus is on the first link within the list, but the screen reader is announcing the link that was previously focused, which are two different elements

This issue may be resolved when a keyboard navigation with the screen reader is fixed in bug 1846572

Comment 1

[Sam Foster [:sfoster] (he/him)]

Triage: I think we want to prioritize the a11y bugs, hence P2.

Comment 2

[Sarah Clements [:sclements]]

Anna, could you also verify if this bug was resolved by bug 1846572 please?

Comment 3

[Sarah Clements [:sclements]]

Kelly took a look at this bug and wasn't able to reproduce it on windows.