Completed
Last Updated: 03 Sep 2019 16:10 by ADMIN
Release R3 2019
Sunil Sutar
Created on: 10 Jun 2019 15:13
Category: ComboBox
Type: Bug Report
1
Radcombobox with EnableAriaSupport=true reading as readonly with JAWS
Problem:  Latest Telerik version of Combobox or RadCombobox reads "readonly" though it's not, when EnableAriaSupport is enabled.

Details: 

url to test with JAWS - https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/combobox/examples/wai-aria-support/defaultcs.aspx

When I use JAWS to read the combobox present on this demo it reads as follows - 
              ComboBox readonly - Alice Mutton. To change the selection press the arrow keys.

Over here, why JAWS is reading "readonly". It's not readonly. It's making our screenreader blind users confusing.

I drilled down more into the problem and found that, the input element below has the aria-readonly=true set though the combobox is not readonly.
Here is the html generated for above combobox from telerik demo site -

<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceholder1$RadComboBox2" class="rcbInput radPreventDecorate" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceholder1_RadComboBox2_Input" role="combobox" aria-busy="false" aria-disabled="false" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true" aria-readonly="true" aria-owns="ctl00_ContentPlaceholder1_RadComboBox2_listbox" aria-autocomplete="none" type="text" readonly="readonly" value="Alice Mutton" autocomplete="off">

I understand that this input control should be readonly so that aria users should not type and go haywire. But looks like to maintain the readonly=readonly property, telerik is generating aria-readonly=true for this _Input control and resulting this issue.

When you change this attribute aria-readonly="true" to aria-readonly="false", JAWS read it correctly as follows - 
              ComboBox - Alice Mutton. To change the selection press the arrow keys.

Let me know how to achieve that so that users will not be confused.
2 comments
ADMIN
Rumen
Posted on: 14 Aug 2019 11:51
Hi Sunil,

We just released the Latest Internal Build 2019.2.814 of the suite with a fix for this issue.

You can check the release notes at https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/aspnet-ajax/release-history/ui-for-asp-net-ajax-2019-2-814-(nightly-build-2019-08-14) as well as download the Telerik_UI_for_ASP.NET_AJAX_2019_2_814_Dev_hotfix.zip installation from https://www.telerik.com/account/product-download?product=RCAJAX.


Best Regards,
Rumen
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ADMIN
Rumen
Posted on: 10 Jun 2019 15:15
Hi Sunil,

The problem is verified and the bug report item approved.

The temp solution you can use is the following:

<script>
    function OnClientLoad(combobox, args) {
        var input = sender.get_inputDomElement();
        if (input) input.setAttribute("aria-readonly", "false");
    }
</script>
<telerik:RadComboBox RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadComboBox2" OnClientLoad="OnClientLoad" runat="server" Height="200px" Width="300px" EnableAriaSupport="true"
    DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" DataTextField="ProductName"
    DataValueField="ProductID" />

We will try to solve it for R3 2019.

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Regards,
Rumen
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