2056351 - [a11y] Submit button disabled

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Password Manager, defect)

Description

[Claire Joeckel]

Attachment: Screenshot 2026-07-20 120933.png

Impacted Section/Element

HNT "Report" dialog, The "Primary Password" dialog (Passwords & Autofill)

Steps to Reproduce

On HNT, open DevTools and activate the "Open context menu" button located to the right of each content card. Activate the "Report" button in the dropdown. In the resulting "Report" dialog, inspect the "Submit" button. On the Passwords & Autofill page, open DevTools and activate the "Set primary password" button. In the resulting "Primary Password" dialog, inspect the "Ok" submit button.

Expected Behavior

Submit button is not disabled.

Actual Behavior

Submit button is disabled.

User Impact

Disabled buttons cannot receive keyboard focus. Screen reader users are unlikely to encounter the button, let alone realize that its disabled status indicates a form error.

WCAG 2.2 References

• WCAG 3.3.2 - Labels or Instructions

Recommendations

Remove the disabled attribute and implement accessible error messaging.

Testing Environment

Any

Assistive Technology Used

Any

Further Reference

• Adam Silver: The problem with disabled buttons and what to do instead

Severity

3-Moderate

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Toolkit::Password Manager' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Stephen Thompson [:sthompson]]

Ideally, I think this issue would be filed separately for Firefox :: New Tab Page and Firefox :: Settings UI components in Bugzilla rather than being bundled together here.

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

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

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