1895313 - Selecting multiple paragraphs of text with VoiceOver is spotty

Status: NEW

(Core :: Disability Access APIs, defect)

Description

[❌ Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi] ❌ On leave until 2027-01-04]

Attachment: Selected text from multiple paragraphs on Wikipedia is smaller per VoiceOver bounds vs the mouse selection

STR:

1. Ensure a VoiceOver is running
2. Open Firefox on any page, i.e. on any Wikipedia article
3. Select multiple (concurrent) paragraphs of text and observe a VoiceOver behavior and visual bounds:
   1. Using a mouse selection
   2. Using standard VoiceOver shortcuts

Expected:

1. VoiceOver selection and visual bounds of this selection is the same as selected content.

Actual:

1. VoiceOver selection and bounds are interrupting while making a mouse selection, and then re-starting, resulting in, for example, a middle paragraph of few to be actually selected by VoiceOver (as shown on the screenshot attached). Or only the first letter of the heading would end up being selected by VO while there were few more paragraphs selected by the browser. The results are not consistent, but mouse selection may result in an expected behavior sometimes.
2. When using keyboard shortcuts, VoiceOver may freeze after a couple of words are selected. The workaround is to press Tab to move the navigation focus to the next element - this returns VO to its regular behavior.