Checkboxes not announced in focus mode for contenteditable nodes (Google Chrome)

[jscholes]

Note: this issue only relates to Google Chrome. The behaviour in Firefox is problematic in different ways.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the test page at https://jscholes.github.io/contenteditable/checkboxes.html.
2. Navigate to each of the editable nodes in turn, and activate focus mode.
3. Read the text of the editable node, both by character with Left/Right Arrow and by line using Up/Down Arrow. Note that each editable area includes a line of text, followed by a checkbox on the next line.

Expected behavior:

• When reading by line: NVDA will announce the presence of a checkbox, including its role, name ("I Agree") and state (not checked).
• When reading by character: NVDA will announce entry into and exit out of the checkbox, including its role, name ("I Agree") and state (not checked).

Actual behavior:

• When reading by line:
  • Without role="textbox" on the editable node, NVDA announces the whole line containing the checkbox as "blank".
  • With role="textbox" on the editable node, NVDA repeats the text of the previous line before reading the checkbox, and doesn't read the accessible name of the checkbox at all.
• When reading by character: regardless of whether role="textbox" is applied to the editable node or not, NVDA announces that the cursor is entering and exiting a checkbox, and communicates its state as not checked. But it doesn't announce the accessible name of the checkbox.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

2020.3

Windows version:

Windows 10 Pro, version 10.0.18363 build 18363, x64

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

• Google Chrome, version 87.0.4280.66 (Official Build, 64-bit)
• Google Chrome Canary, version 89.0.4342.0 (Official Build, 64-bit)

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

If addons are disabled, is your problem still occuring?

Yes

Did you try to run the COM registry fixing tool in NVDA menu / tools?

Yes

[jscholes]

CC @sinabahram

[brunoprietog]

Hello, the link is broken

[jscholes]

@brunoprietog Thanks for letting me know. The link was operational when I submitted the issue, but for some reason I had to push to my GitHub Pages branch to make it work again. All contenteditable-related links should now be accessible.

[Adriani90]

cc: @SaschaCowley this seems to affect focus mode while #11896 affects only the virtual document.