1922672 - When a wallpaper option group view is opened on a New Tab, nothing is announced by a screen reader

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect, P3)

Description

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

Attachment: NVDA output for Wallpaper groups showing nothing is being announced after the "unselected" group was activated and its view opened

Prerequisites:

1. Ensure a screen reader is running, i.e. NVDA on WinOS

STR:

1. Open Firefox on the New Tab page
2. Navigate to the "Personalize New Tab" (gear icon) button and activate it
3. On the "Personalize New Tab" dialog, locate and navigate to either of wallpaper groups, i.e. to Photographs
4. Activate the group control (with a mouse only, until the bug 1922664 is fixed)
5. Observe a screen reader announcement when the group view, i.e. "Photographs", is opened

Expected:

1. The screen reader user is made aware that the view of the dialog has changed, i.e. by the group label being announced with the group label.

Actual:

1. Nothing is announced, it is not clear if anything, in fact, has happened.

Remediation recommendation:

1. Follow the WAI ARIA Dialog pattern, ensure the container of the dialog has an appropriate role and label, and place the keyboard focus on either the container of the updated dialog itself (with tabindex="-1" and JavaScript) or on the topmost focusable element on the dialog, in this case the < {group}` back button

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

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Comment 2

[Maxx Crawford [:maxx]]

Triage reasoning:

• Severity: -- → S3: Work around exists for this issue
• Priority: -- → P3: Backlog