1946448 - [contextual-password-manager] Unclear message announced by VoiceOver when some buttons/links from the notifications gain focus

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Bianca Hidecuti, Desktop Test Engineering [:bhidecuti]]

Found in

• 137.0a1 (2025-02-05)

Affected versions

• 137.0a1

Preconditions

• Add the pref ‘browser.contextual-password-manager.enabled’ in about:config and set it to true
• Have the Sidebar panel added to the browser toolbar and enabled
• Have VoiceOver enabled

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: macOS 13
• Unaffected platforms: Ubuntu 22.04, Windows 11

Steps to reproduce

1. Press the "Edit" button for any saved login from the Password sidebar
2. Discard the changes while pressing the "Cancel" button
3. Focus the "Go back" button from the "Close without saving?" notification using the "Tab" or "Shift" + "Tab" keys from the keyboard
4. Observe the behavior

Expected result

• VoiceOver should announce only the "Go back" button

Actual result

• When "Go back" button from the "Close without saving?" notification gains focus, VoiceOver narrates "Warning and 5 more items, alert, Go back, button, group"

Regression range

• Not a regression, as this is a new feature

Additional notes

• See the attached video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14oNmw_m3EcPl3ybopvFScmSQpf_LIZZM/view?usp=sharing
• Also reproducing for the "View" button from the Password added success message ("Success and 3 more items, alert, Done, group" is narrated by VoiceOver) and for other notifications (Import success, Import error, etc.)
• Not reproducing on Windows and Linux

Comment 1

[Bianca Hidecuti, Desktop Test Engineering [:bhidecuti]]

Attachment: video showing the issue

I am also seeing a similar behavior for the hyperlinks from the Alerts/Notifications, while using Firefox Nightly 138.0a1 (2025-03-12), on macOS 13. VoiceOver reads "Warning, and 3 more items, alert, visited, link" before announcing the actual text (please see the attached video).

Comment 2

[Eitan Isaacson [:eeejay]]

Ideally the "Close without saving?" dialog contents should be read.