Opened 8 years ago

Closed 8 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#13963 closed defect (fixed)

FF: dijit.Calendar: Jaws does not announce months when they change

Reported by: Katie Vance Owned by: Katie Vance
Priority: high Milestone: 1.7
Component: Accessibility Version: 1.6.1
Keywords: JAWS Cc: Becky Gibson
Blocked By: Blocking:

Description

If you arrow down through the calendar, the month is not announced if it changes.

Attachments (1)

13963.patch​ (1.0 KB) - added by Katie Vance 8 years ago.
Add the month to aria-labelledby so that both the month and year are announced

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Change History (4)

Changed 8 years ago by Katie Vance

Attachment: 13963.patch​ added

Add the month to aria-labelledby so that both the month and year are announced

comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by Katie Vance

I tried adding aria-live="assertive" and aria-atomic="true" to the month, however, that was not working. So, instead I fixed the problem by adding it to the aria-labelledby.

comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by bill

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

In [26667]:

Make jaws announce month when it changes (via arrowing through calendar days), fixes #13963 !strict. Thanks Katie!

comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by bill

Milestone: tbd → 1.7
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