1934866 - Screen Readers provide generic descriptions for Avatars on Create/Edit pages

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Found in

• Nightly 135.a1

Affected versions

• Nightly 135.a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: macOS 15, Windows 11

Preconditions

• Ensure that the pref "browser.profiles.enabled" is set to true in about:config.
• Create at least one profile.
• Enable Voice Over Screen reader.

Steps to reproduce

1. Use VoiceOver to navigate to the Profiles panel from the Hamburger menu.
2. Use VoiceOver to enter Edit mode.
3. Navigate to the Avatars section and focus on a one of the avatars using VoiceOver.

Expected result

• VoiceOver should announce the avatar currently in focus.

Actual result

• On macOS, VoiceOver reads "image button group."
• With these descriptions, it is very difficult for the user to differentiate between the avatars.

Regression range

• This is not a regression; it's introduced with the Profiles Switching feature.

Additional notes

• On Windows, VoiceOver reads a generic description like "clickable button."
• The same behavior is encountered on both the about:editprofile and about:newprofiles pages.

Comment 1

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

Access s2 because these buttons are unlabelled and thus cannot be identified or distinguished from one another without sight.

Comment 2

[James Teh [:Jamie]]

Note that these buttons also don't provide any semantic indication whether they are selected or not, which is also an access s2.

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:mossop, could you have a look please?

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Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field for this bug is set to S3. However, the accessibility severity is higher, .
:mossop, could you consider increasing the severity?

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Comment 5

[Jared Hirsch [:jhirsch] (he/him) (Needinfo please)]

This is one of the major open issues with the new/edit pages, so picking this up.

Comment 6

[Jared Hirsch [:jhirsch] (he/him) (Needinfo please)]

Attachment: Bug 1934866 - Make profiles avatar picker behave like a radio group. r?#profiles-reviewers

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/d4aaf2c678ee
Make profiles avatar picker behave like a radio group. r=profiles-reviewers,niklas

Comment 8

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d4aaf2c678ee

Comment 9

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:jhirsch, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
• If no, please set status-firefox135 to wontfix.

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Comment 10

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

This feature is disabled in 135.

Comment 11

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Verified as fixed using Firefox 136.0b5 and Nightly 137.0a1 on macOS 15 and Windows 11 - the screen readers (VoiceOver on macOS and NVDA on Windows) are properly providing a descriptions for the Avatars on Create/Edit pages.