Open Bug 1790534 Opened 2 years ago Updated 9 months ago

NVDA and ORCA will not read the bullet points on addon installation alerts/doorhangers

Categories

(Toolkit :: PopupNotifications and Notification Bars, defect)

Desktop
Unspecified
defect

Tracking

()

Accessibility Severity s3
Tracking Status
firefox-esr91 --- affected
firefox-esr102 --- affected
firefox104 --- affected
firefox105 --- affected
firefox106 --- affected

People

(Reporter: danibodea, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: access)

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Note

  • When the user attempts to install an addon using NVDA (or ORCA) and it reads the alert/doorhanger, he might not notice that the information displayed in bullet points is not being read.

Found in

  • v106.0a1

Affected versions

  • Nightly v106.0a1
  • ESR91 v91.13.0esr

Tested platforms

  • Affected platforms: Windows 10, Windows 7 (NVDA), Ubuntu 22 (ORCA)
  • Unaffected platforms: MacOS (VoiceOver), but it reproduces another issue.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Load https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search
  2. Select "Add to Firefox" button

Expected result

  • The bullet points are read.

Actual result

  • The bullet points are NOT read.

Regression range

  • Not a recent regression.

Additional notes

  • The information will be read when hovering the cursor over the bullet points.
  • ORCA does not read the "learn more" link either, while NVDA does.
Summary: NVDA will not read the bullet points on addon installation alerts/doorhangers → NVDA and ORCA will not read the bullet points on addon installation alerts/doorhangers
OS: Windows → Unspecified
Has STR: --- → yes

It should be possible to fix this by explicitly referencing all the text to read with aria-describedby.

Whiteboard: [access-s3]
Accessibility Severity: --- → s3
Whiteboard: [access-s3]
Component: Notifications and Alerts → PopupNotifications and Notification Bars
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