In PDF forms NVDA is not announcing "required" state

[guenterhanke]

Steps to reproduce:

Open a PDF form where a form field contains the required state in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Press TAB to go to the different form fields.

German test file to reproduce https://www.tapir-online.de/BW610600.pdf

The following fields have the required state

• Familienname (last name)
• • Vorname (first name)
• • Geburtsdatum (date of birth)

Actual behavior:

When navigating in virtual mode or when using TAB key to move from form field to the next.

NVDA will announce if a field is read only but not that it is a required field. Neither in braille and speech.

Expected behavior:

NVDA should show when a form field has the required state. And this in Braille and speech. Like NVDA does with the read only state.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

NVDA 2022.3 Beta 1 locally installed Windows 10 64-Bit 21H2 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

NVDA version:

NVDA 2022.3 Beta 1

Windows version:

Windows 10 64 Bit Version 21H2

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

Acrobat DC

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

No. But others can also reproduce.

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes.

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

BW610600.pdf Yes