Bug 264891 - AX: Voiceover does not announce information of element referenced in aria-activedescendant attribute on input with role combobox
Summary: AX: Voiceover does not announce information of element referenced in aria-act...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 272565
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Accessibility (show other bugs)
Version: Safari 17
Hardware: Mac (Intel) macOS 14
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2023-11-15 12:03 PST by jartik
Modified: 2024-04-30 13:27 PDT (History)
3 users (show)

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Description jartik 2023-11-15 12:03:52 PST
Overview:
Voiceover does not announce list aria-label, number of list items, individual item name and position in list when selected via arrow down/arrow up keys.

Steps to Reproduce:
Reproduced with official W3C examples of combobox autocomplete:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/examples/combobox-autocomplete-list/
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/examples/combobox-autocomplete-both/

Open combobox list using mouse or keyboard and select any item using arrow down/arrow up keys
 

Actual Results:
1) For https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/examples/combobox-autocomplete-list/ example - only expanded state announced on open, list item information is not announced.
2) For https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/combobox/examples/combobox-autocomplete-both/ example - expanded state announced on open and then input element value changes after item selection via arrow keys, list item information is not announced.

Expected Results: When first list item selected, list aria-label should be announced, then total number of items in list, then item name and item position in list (e.g. 3 of 5). For subsequent item selections via arrow keys - item name and position in list. Such behavior implemented in NVDA and JAWS screen readers.

Build Date & Hardware: Safari 17.1 (19616.2.9.11.7) Mac OS Sonoma 14.1.1 (also reproduced on MacOS Ventura 13.6.1 with Safari 17.1)
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2023-11-15 12:04:24 PST
<rdar://problem/118469034>
Comment 2 Pavel Pomerantsev 2024-01-18 11:39:15 PST
+1, I've also discovered that aria-activedescendant is not working in VoiceOver / Safari while working correctly in VoiceOver / Chrome and VoiceOver / Firefox.

My example: https://codepen.io/pavelp/pen/WNmjovb
Comment 3 Andres Gonzalez 2024-04-30 13:26:20 PDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 272565 ***
Comment 4 Andres Gonzalez 2024-04-30 13:27:37 PDT
To verify this fix, an upcoming version of VoiceOver is needed. I will add a comment here once it is available.