JAWS reportedly fail to handle web-component based select component

[christophe-g]

Summary

We have received reports that Material Design webcomponent (that we use for accessiblesurveys.com) is not behaving as expected when used in conjunction with JAWS screen reader.

Test run with Orca screen reader on Linux pass.

Steps to reproduce: https://lit.dev/playground/#gist=8266d1cf3ac2739e43a64cfa77bc02bc

Expected result

• Options are announced when they receive focus (after the listbox menu is opened). JAWS should announce: "blank", "apple", "orange", "banana" as for the native select component.
• The selection menu closes when a user select a value. (enter or space key)

Actual result

The reported behavior is that:

• Options are not announced when they receive focus
• The selection menu stays open once a user has selected a value.
• The selection menu needs to be closed manually (by pressing the escape key for instance)

Example

https://lit.dev/playground/#gist=8266d1cf3ac2739e43a64cfa77bc02bc

Additional Information

I cannot confirm the behavior as I do not have access to JAWS nor windows.

The accessibility tree for the component is totally legit.

JAWS version and build number

JAWS 2023 (build number unknown)

Operating System and version

Windows (version unknown)

Browser and version:

Chrome latest

[JAWS-test]

The problem does not occur with Chrome 118.0.5993.118 and JAWS 2023.2307.37

[christophe-g]

Ok - thanks a lot @JAWS-test for this rapid feedback - truly appreciated.

[stevefaulkner]

Thanks @JAWS-test, closing