1872739 - Applications richlistbox's actionsMenu comboboxes in Settings UI are unlabelled

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect, P1)

Description

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

The <menulist> with class actionsMenu that opens when a control under the Action header of the Applications richlistbox on Settings > General > Files and Applications is activated is not labelled. The combobox pattern is expected to provide an accessible name for the control even when the listbox opened has an accessible name.

We could refer to the #actionColumn container with aria-labelledby to ensure the combobox is labeled and the purpose of opened list of options is communicated to an assistive technology user.

Comment 1

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Attachment: Bug 1872739 - Provide an accessible name to Applications richlistbox's actionsMenu comboboxes in Settings UI. r=#settings-reviewers!

The <menulist> with class actionsMenu that opens when a control under the Action header of the Applications richlistbox on Settings > General > Files and Applications is activated is not labelled. The combobox pattern is expected to provide an accessible name for the control even when the listbox opened has an accessible name.

We could refer to the #actionColumn container with aria-labelledby to ensure the combobox is labeled and the purpose of opened list of options is communicated to an assistive technology user.

Since some a11y_checks will be passing with this change, we are also removing the fail-if notations from the appropriate test files in the Settings UI manifest.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/3814799b7280
Provide an accessible name to Applications richlistbox's actionsMenu comboboxes in Settings UI. r=settings-reviewers,mossop

Comment 3

[Natalia Csoregi [:nataliaCs]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3814799b7280