A11y_VscodeWebviewUiToolkit_AllComponents_Combobox_ScreenReader: The NVDA does not announces the names of the menu items like "option label#1" when navigating using down arrow key.

[Shivamd1]

Actual:

The NVDA does not announces the names of the menu items like "option label#1" when navigating using down arrow key. It only announces "blank" for all the menu items

Similar issue is observed with Jaws

Similar issue is with the "Dropdowns" scenario

Expected:

The NVDA should be announcing the names of the menu items like "option label#1" along with menu item numbering like 1 of 3 when navigating using down arrow key.

GitHubTags: #A11yMAS;#A11yTCS;#A11ySev2;#SH_VscodeWebviewUiToolkit_Aug2021;#Webview UI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code;#Win32;#FTP;#DesktopApp;#WCAG1.3.1;#NVDA;#Jaws;#STP;#AINotInScope;

Environment Details:

Application Name: Vscode Webview Ui Toolkit
Windows Version: Win10
Screen Reader: NVDA(2021.1), Jaws(2021.2102.34)

Repro Steps:

1. Launch VS Code
2. Open WebView UI Toolkit: All Component extension
3. Tab to Combo box element and tab to first combo box and expand it
4. Start NVDA use down arrow to navigate and check the announcement

User Impact:

Screen Reader users will not get the proper information about the menu items in comboboxes

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[daviddossett]

Identified that this issue is dependent on this issue being fixed in microsoft/fast, which we take as a dependency here.

[Shivamd1]

Thanks for the update!

[yannickowow]

Hello!
First of all thanks for this work!
Is this issue related to onSelect event not fired ? Currently, I cannot get the new value of a vscode-dropdown. I am using these components with React/TSX.

[daviddossett]

Thanks for letting us know @yannickowow. We will investigate and report back.

@chrisdholt does this sound familiar at all?

[chrisdholt]

Thanks for letting us know @yannickowow. We will investigate and report back.

@chrisdholt does this sound familiar at all?

I think this is an NVDA bug - I’ll dig in a bit today to confirm.

[chrisdholt]

Sounds like @radium-v has a draft PR out. That also may collide with multiselect support which is in progress. We're going to get this pri'd and will do a run through with our a11y team before merging/shipping. Let's keep the dependency open on microsoft/fast#5243.

[daviddossett]

Fantastic, thank you Chris!