FreedomScientific
browser form validation is not output by JAWS
Summary
- Go to https://codepen.io/jaws-test/pen/mdpgyPx
- Press submit
- Tab to all form fields
Expected result
Each field has a tooltip with a detailed error description. This should be output by JAWS.
Actual result
JAWS only outputs the status invalid, but not the error description or the browser's input instructions.
Only the message at the field which automatically receives the focus after submit is output by JAWS. The messages for the other fields are not perceptible with JAWS. Even if the intially focused field receives the focus again, the message is not perceptible. Thus, browser error messages cannot be used in conjunction with JAWS.
See: https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1488#issuecomment-1105479910 and https://github.com/FreedomScientific/VFO-standards-support/issues/14
Related: https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/961
Additional Information
JAWS version and build number
JAWS 2022
Operating System and version
Windows 10
Browser and version:
current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox
Each field has a tooltip with a detailed error description. This should be output by JAWS.
Its not announced by NVDA either. It appears that the 'tooltip' is not exposed as acc description (as i would expect).
Yes, it is correct that NVDA does not output that either. The error message should not be output as a description but analogous to aria-errormessage. This is important because the form field can also have a description. Both must be perceptible: Description and error message.
@JAWS-test refer to https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1488#issuecomment-1106192927 which details why it is not an error message
@stevefaulkner See: https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1488#issuecomment-1106226394