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a repository to track PhETs research into accessibility, or "a11y" for short
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JAWS doesn't switch to forms mode for radio buttons in Firefox #54

Closed jessegreenberg closed 7 years ago

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

Found in #52. We should submit a bug report.

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

The IDRC recommended that we check our markup as sometimes AT require specific configurations. They recommended to take a look at these links: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Forms/How_to_structure_an_HTML_form

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

I tested the live version from MDN with JAWS and Firefox and it isn't switching to forms mode for that markup either. We should submit a bug report.

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

Submitted a bug report 8/28/2017.

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

Removing assignment until we hear back from VFO.

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

VFO Responded this morning with

Thank you for contacting VFO Technical Support. The radio button feature of JAWS is working correctly. When you navigate to a radio button, JAWS is not supposed to go into forms mode. You are to make your selection from the list of radio buttons with the spacebar. This checks the item, and allows you to move on the next control.

I just checked IE11 and this is how JAWS is behaving there too. I could have sworn radios were navigated with arrow keys before.

ARIA practices say

Key Function
Tab Moves keyboard focus to radiogroup.
Arrow Moves up and down radio options.

I guess that is technically what is happening even if arrow keys move through labels first. Closing.