musescore
NVDA Stops Reading File Menu's Items After Navigating to Sibling Menus
Issue type
Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)
Bug description
When using keyboard navigation, NVDA will stop reading menu items after moving to a new file menu.
Steps to reproduce
- Alt + F
- See that NVDA works
- Hit Left Arrow to close the menu
- Note that it suddenly says blank when trying to read the file menu
- Hit Right Arrow and see that it suddenly is able to read the file menu again
- Hit Down Arrow and see that all of the menu items read blank
- This now affects all other file menus until focus is lost on the file menu and Alt + F is used again
Screenshots/Screen recordings
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/assets/54213302/ab70d0c8-6e64-4f2c-b88a-0ce5824f7f1e
MuseScore Version
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.3.0-241231433, revision: github-musescore-musescore-5f36e74
Regression
I don't know
Operating system
Windows 10
Additional context
Relevant files may include: src/framework/ui/internal/navigationcontroller.cpp src/appshell/view/navigableappmenumodel.cpp
src/appshell/qml/platform/AppMenuBar.qml src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/StyledMenuLoader.qml src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/internal/StyledMenu.qml
Additional Info: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/20191#issuecomment-2099180477
@zacjansheski please check regression status and whether other parts of the app are similarly affected. Thanks!
In 4.4.1 it is now possible with NVDA to arrow along the menus, but as soon as you arrow down you just hear blank for each key press. So, pressing Alt F then right arrow you hear "application menu panel edit button" - should just say Edit or announce the first item in the Edit menu. Then pressing down arrow says blank for each key press. Similarly, if in the File menu and you arrow down to say close, and then press right arrow you will just hear blank.
After #20191, it became a kind of regression (see Case 2 from the description and the comment below). Changing to P1
This works well now for menus where items are available, but still says blank if you move over an item that is not available. I'm not sure if these are visually shown but dimmed? For example, open MuseScore but do not open a file, most of the edit menu says "blank" as you move down it as does the next menu to the right. Usually these would either jump over unavailable items or possibly speak them and say "dimmed".