When the keyboard focus is on any list item in the "Select an Azure ML job Schema" list and when user press Shift+tab key, JAWS/NVDA does not announce anything: A11y_VS Code_Appling filter on subscription_Screen reader

[kapilvaishna]

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GitHub Tags

#A11yMAS; #A11yTCS; #Win32; #DesktopApp; #A11ySev2; #Visual Studio Code Client; #BM-VisualStudioCodeClient-Win32-Jan2024; #WCAG1.3.1; #FTP; #Screen Reader; #NVDA; #JAWS; #Element:Combobox; #STP;

Environment Details:

Application: VS Code
Visual studio code version: 1.96.3
OS: Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2
Build: 26100.2605
Screen reader
JAWS version: 2024.2312.53
NVDA Version: 2024.4.1

Repro Steps

1. Turn on Jaws/NVDA screen reader
2. Launch the VS Code.
3. Install the Azure Machine Learning extension and sign in.
4. Tab until the left toolbar (list of icons). This toolbar has a file icon, search icon, settings, etc.
5. Use the up/down arrow keys to navigate to the "Azure" icon and press enter
6. The Azure panel will now be active next to the toolbar.
7. Tab until the Machine Learning dropdown.
8. TAB till "Create job" button and press ENTER key.
9. Focus will be on "Select an Azure ML job Schema" combo box and.
10. Now press "TAB" than SHIFT + TAB.
11. Observer that JAWS/NVDA does not announce any thing when keyboard focus is on any list item of "Select an Azure ML job Schema" list and pressing shift +TAB key

Actual Experience.

When the keyboard focus is on any list item in the "Select an Azure ML job Schema" list and the user presses the Shift+Tab key, the keyboard focus moves to the "Select an Azure ML job Schema" edit field. However, the screen reader focus does not shift, so JAWS/NVDA does not announce anything. Now, pressing the Shift key moves the screen reader focus to the edit field.

Similar issue observed with following scenarios.

Scenario1: Creating a job Select an Azure ML job Schema

1. TAB till create job button and press ENTER key
2. TAB till Combo box and press TAB and then SHIF + TAB

Scenario2: Setting Default Workspace

1. Open the Command Palette via the keyboard command Ctrl + Shift + P
2. Type "Set default workspace" and select the option from the dropdown list called "Azure ML: Set Default Workspace") and press enter
3. A list should appear that says "Select a subscription"
4. Use the up/down arrows to navigate the list until "AML V1 Personal 2" is selected, and press enter
5. A list should appear that says "Select a workspace"
6. TAB till Select a workspace combo box and press TAB and then SHIFT + TAB.

Expected Experience

When the keyboard focus is on any list item in the "Select an Azure ML job Schema" list and the Shift + TAB key is pressed, keyboard focus moved to "Select an Azure ML job Schema" combo box but JAWS/NVDA should announce about combo box.

User Impact:

Screen reader user will get confused if they press TAB key and screen reader is not announcing anything and keyboard focus is not visible and then pressing SHIFT + TAB also Screen reader is not announcing anything.

Attachment

NVDA:

245224_NVDA.2.mp4

JAWS:

245224_JAWS.mp4

Code snippet

Similar issue of scenario 1 and 2

[kapilvaishna]

@TylerLeonhardt Could you please share an estimated time for when this issue will be resolved, I need to update the external team accordingly.

[TylerLeonhardt]

Trying to repro with the Create: New File... command so I don't need an Azure environment to test this. It's a similar quick pick.

1. Turn on NVDA screen reader
2. Launch the VS Code.
3. Open the Command Palette (ctrl+shift+p)
4. Type Create: New File...
5. Focus will be on "New File..." combo box and.
6. Now press "TAB" - Observe that NVDA says "Text File, Built-In, File not selected checked 1 of 2"
7. than SHIFT + TAB - Observe that NVDA says "Select File Type or Enter File Name... - New File... edit has auto complete Press 'Enter' to confirm your input or 'Escape' to cancel Select File Type or Enter File Name... "

Here's a video:

a11y.mov