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aria-keyshortcuts does not work, output of accesskey is not consistent
Summary
aria-keyshortcuts does not work (Firefox, IE 11), output of accesskey is not consistent
- save as HTML file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>accesskey</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML: accesskey</h1>
<a href=# accesskey=l>test1</a>
<button accesskey=b>test2</button>
<input accesskey=e aria-label=test3>
<h1>ARIA: aria-keyshortcuts</h1>
<a href=# aria-keyshortcuts=l>test4</a>
<button aria-keyshortcuts=b>test5</button>
<input aria-keyshortcuts=e aria-label=test6>
<span tabindex=0 role=link aria-keyshortcuts=l>test7</span>
<span tabindex=0 role=button aria-keyshortcuts=b>test8</span>
<span tabindex=0 role=textbox aria-keyshortcuts=e aria-label=test9>test9</span>
</body>
</html>
- Navigate with Tab key, arrow keys, F, V, overview (INS+F7, INS+F5)
Expected result
- accesskey and aria-keyshortcuts is output with all navigation methods
- Output is consistent across different browsers
- Output occurs at the end of the element
Actual result
- aria-keyshortcuts is not output at all in IE and Firefox. Note: The cause of the problem is that IE 11 and Firefox do not transmit the aria-keyshortcuts to the Accessibility API UIA. The behavior in IE 11 will not change and it is not possible to predict if Firefox will change the output. Therefore, as in other cases, JAWS should not rely solely on UIA, but should also evaluate the DOM
- output is not consistent (sometimes before and sometimes after the role, sometimes twice)
Chrome
- Tab:
- Button: twice (before and after role)
- Link: before role
- Edit: after role
- element list:
- Button: yes
- Edit: no
- Link: yes
IE and Firefox
- only accesskey, no aria-keyshortcuts
- Tab:
- Button: twice
- Link: before role
- Edit: twice
- element list:
- Button: yes
- Edit: no
- Link: yes
Additional Information
JAWS version and build number
JAWS 2019.1906.10 JAWS 2020
Operating System and version
Windows 8 Windows 10
Browser and version:
Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.19431 Chrome 76.0.3809.100 Firefox 68.0.2
retest 08.05.2020 with current version of Firefox, Edge, IE 11 and Chrome
tested with chrome Version 120.0.6099.217 (Official Build) (64-bit) and JAWS 2024.2312.53 inconsistent support for aria-keyshortcuts found
for example: is not announced consistently on
<input type="text" aria-keyshortcuts="e" aria-label="test6">
virtual navigation using F key its not announced
tab key is announced, but after all other announcements, should be same as accesskey after label but before role
