1924624 - Sidebar lacks descriptive accessible name

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Sidebar, defect, P2)

Description

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

Attachment: NVDA output for Sidebar showing that the sidebar is announced as "Tab control"

Prerequisites:

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

STR:

1. In Firefox, ensure the sidebar.revamp pref is set to true and the new sidebar is visible
2. Locate and focus with keyboard any panel switcher on the sidebar and observe the screen reader announcement

Expected:

1. The sidebar has descriptive accessible name, for instance, the horizontal tabs tool bar is labeled as Browser tabs (it is in a tab control container)

Actual:

1. The sidebar is announced as tab control which makes it hard to differentiate from the general toolbar of the browser, where the horizontal tabs are. Especially, when both tab control panels are present.

This is an access-S3 issue because it misses an opportunity to guide a screen reader user to what the purpose of this grouping is and how it is different from another tab control.

Comment 1

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

Attachment: Another example with tab control announcement by NVDA being reduntant for the sidebar compared to the horizontal tool bars with discriptive names like Navigation