1962801 - [Menu Redesign] Sheet view does not scroll with TalkBack focus causing OS toolbar to be activated instead of its underlying controls

Status: NEW

(Firefox for Android :: Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Attachment: TalkBack announcement for moving from Passwords (TB focus partially visible) to Customize Homepage (TB focus is not visible) on the main menu and on Extension list (TB focus is under OS toolbar)

Steps to reproduce

1. Have TalkBack running
2. Open Firefox on the New Tab page (or any other page)
3. Using logical navigation gestures (swipe left-to-right with one finger) navigate to and activate main app menu - More options button
4. Confirm the main app menu sheet is opened and navigate with TalkBack gestures until the end of the view, i.e. to Downloads button
5. Continue navigating down the sheet and observe the TalkBack behavior
6. Navigate to and activate the Extensions sub-view
7. On the Extensions list, navigate to the Recommended heading
8. Continue navigating down the sheet and observe the TalkBack behavior
9. Repeat the same actions with Universal Switch or/and Bluetooth keyboard

Expected behavior

1. Once TB reaches the end of the visible sheet view, it would scroll the list of controls (preventing an OS toolbar overlaying elements focused with TB and/or focusing an off-screen controls)
2. Continuous navigation allows TB to focus and announce all (non-decorative) on-screen elements on the sheet.

Actual behavior

1. [Generally] Once TB reaches the end of the view, it continues focusing elements without scrolling a view, causing the OS toolbar to overlay focused elements making it hard to understand, what is, in fact focused (for a sighted user, i.e. someone with a low vision or a user with cognitive disabilities who would rely on TB to perceive the on-screen content).
   1. It may also cause issues with the activation action being captured by the overlaying toolbar instead of the focused/announced elements.
   2. Same issue may affect Universal Switch and BT keyboard users
2. [Specifically] View doesn’t scroll causing Passwords, Customize Home page, New in Firefox controls to be covered with OS toolbar, but *TB activates it and Universal Switch behaves as expected in most cases.
3. The same as point 2 applies to the Recommended list on the Extensions view
   1. Note: when double-tap and hold for long press is included (per bug 1962789), this action activates the underlying OS toolbar, i.e. for Extensions it’s staring the Google Lens AI image description tool on an underlying website (refer to the screenshot attached in the next comments)
   2. In the case of the + Add extension button, the Back control is often triggered

Device information

• Firefox version: Firefox Nightly 139.0a1 (build #2016086055)
• Android device model: Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
• Android OS version: 14

Any additional information?

refer to the notes in the Actual behavior above

Comment 1

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Attachment: TalkBack announces "Add {extension}" while the control is not visible under the OS toolbar

when Add {extension} is focused with TB but it is hidden under the OS toolbar, the OS own < Back control is activated by TB on double-tap (instead of the "Add" button)

Comment 2

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Attachment: TalkBack navigating to an extension control that is visually covered by the OS toolbar and activating it starts Google Lens tool on the webpage

Comment 3

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

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

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