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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon FreedomScientific

Change of SVG within a Live Region is not output (Firefox)

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Summary

Change of SVG within a Live Region is not output (Firefox)

  1. Save as HTML file:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8">
		<title>live region</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div role=status>
			<svg viewBox="0 0 240 80" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
			  <text x="40" y="35" id="1">test</text>
			</svg>
		</div>
		<button onClick="document.getElementById('1').textContent='new SVG';">Change</button>
	</body>
</html>
  1. Activate the button

Expected result

Change of text content in SVG is output

Actual result

  • Firefox: Change of text content in SVG is not output
  • IE 11, Chome: ok

See also https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/78 and many other problems with live regions: https://github.com/FreedomScientific/VFO-standards-support/issues?q=live+region

Additional Information

JAWS version and build number

JAWS 2019.1907.42

Operating System and version

Windows 8

Browser and version:

Chrome 76.0.3809.100 Firefox 68.0.2 Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.19431

JAWS-test avatar Aug 31 '19 23:08 JAWS-test