Bug 258318

Summary:	AX: Voiceover cursor moves to select element on programatic change
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Andy Blum <andy.blum.01>
Component:	Accessibility	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	andresg_22, webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	Safari 16
Hardware:	iPhone / iPad
OS:	iOS 16

Description Andy Blum 2023-06-20 13:03:22 PDT

When a <select> element's value is changed programatically, the voiceover cursor jumps to that element moving a user out of the flow of the document mid-reading. As far as I can tell, this is iOS/iPadOS only and v16+ only.

Replication Directions:
- Navigate to the codepen demo (linked below)
- View the pen in debug mode, if possible. The codepen UI will make testing slightly more difficult.
- Using VO on iOS/iPadOS 16+, swipe through the page content. As sections move up the page, the select box at the top will have its value changed programatically
- Note that the VO cursor jumps to the changed <select> input, pulling a user out of the middle of reading long-form content, and making it impossible to get through all the content on the page.

Codepen Demo: https://codepen.io/andy-blum/pen/xxQONqo

Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2023-06-20 13:05:08 PDT

<rdar://problem/111058861>