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Last Updated: 10 Mar 2021 09:17 by ADMIN
Nathaniel
Created on: 08 Jan 2021 10:43
Category: AutoComplete
Type: Bug Report
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The expanded list of the AutoComplete is not announced by screen readers

Bug report

Reproduction of the problem

Reproducible in the demos.

  1. Focus the AutoComplete and type in "a"

Current behavior

The list of items shows up, but the reader does not announce this.

Expected/desired behavior

The reader should announce that the list is expanded, as it does for the ComboBox.

Environment

  • Kendo UI version: 2020.3.1118
  • jQuery version: x.y
  • Browser: [all]
7 comments
ADMIN
Dimitar
Posted on: 10 Mar 2021 06:57

Hello Nathaniel,

I mentioned in my last comment that the role of the AutoComplete will be changed to "combobox" with the upcoming release as this is the correct role for the component (input + popup). Taking this into consideration, I would suggest to test this out again when the discussed changes are release and let me know if additional issues arise.

Regards,
Dimitar
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Nathaniel
Posted on: 07 Mar 2021 20:37
Ignore my last comment, it works fine locally without role="textbox". I now wish I could delete the previous comment. :) 
Nathaniel
Posted on: 07 Mar 2021 20:32
I see at least ChromeVox actually gets confused if role="textbox" is not present.
Nathaniel
Posted on: 07 Mar 2021 20:26
Forgot to link to what I'm referring to, MDN review of the wcag spec: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/textbox_role 
Nathaniel
Posted on: 07 Mar 2021 20:26
Hi I notice that in the linked demo the aria-role="textbox" is used but this is not necessary ro recommended if the input has the type of ="text"?
ADMIN
Dimitar
Posted on: 05 Mar 2021 10:47

Hi Nathaniel,

The issue is closed with a comment(there is no actual fix related to the exact report). Please refer to the last comment in the issue - as stated, the observed behavior is related to the current focus and can be overcome by configuring the highlightFirst option to true:

As a side note, there are several other wai-aria improvements for the AutoComplete that will be added with the next release. Those include changed role to "combobox" and improvements to the aria-autocomplete attribute is handled. The changes are expected to be released with the next official release in May.

Regards,
Dimitar
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Nathaniel
Posted on: 28 Feb 2021 20:36
Hi sorry I can't tell which Kendo version this will be released to?
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