147881 2015-08-11 08:56:42 -0700 AX: VoiceOver/Safari does not allow focus on specific "empty links" (with &nbsp;) 2017-10-20 08:45:46 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Accessibility 528+ (Nightly build) iPhone / iPad iOS 9.3 RESOLVED FIXED InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 redux webkit-unassigned cfleizach heydon jcraig tink webkit-bug-importer oldest_to_newest 1116540 0 258718 redux 2015-08-11 08:56:42 -0700 Created attachment 258718 Variations of links/spans with different attributes to test focusability While VoiceOver/iOS (8.4) allows user to focus on <a href="#"></a> <a href="#" title="Close"></a> adding a &nbsp; makes VO ignore these links completely. <a href="#">&nbsp;</a> <a href="#" title="Close">&nbsp;</a> Of course, these are arguably inaccessible controls to begin with, but the fact that the first examples without &nbsp; do receive focus would suggest that the links with &nbsp; should in fact also receive focus. 1117212 1 redux 2015-08-13 04:39:24 -0700 Just to confirm this behavior is also still present in iOS 9 current seed build 1117623 2 redux 2015-08-14 03:38:57 -0700 To clarify: iOS 9 seed build 13A4325c 1117624 3 webkit-bug-importer 2015-08-14 03:39:12 -0700 <rdar://problem/22285408> 1201209 4 redux 2016-06-10 04:38:51 -0700 To be clear, the expected behavior and solution, at least in my opinion, would be to allow VO to set focus on links that contain a &nbsp; the same way that completely empty links currently do. 1201210 5 heydon 2016-06-10 04:42:15 -0700 I can corroborate Patrick's findings. In addition, unencoded whitespace and other space encodings like &#x0020; work. This appears to be a bug with &nbsp;. 1201211 6 tink 2016-06-10 04:46:19 -0700 Confirmed. From a VO user's perspective this would be a worthwhile thing to fix. 1362633 7 redux 2017-10-20 02:46:03 -0700 At least for links, this now seems resolved in iOS11/Safari/VO. <a href="#">&nbsp;</a> <a href="#" title="Close">&nbsp;</a> now receive VO focus, just the same way that <a href="#"></a> <a href="#" title="Close"></a> do. There's still an issue where pure spans with tabindex="0", like <span tabindex="0" title="Close"></span> don't receive VO focus....but I may file this separately. 1362703 8 cfleizach 2017-10-20 08:45:46 -0700 (In reply to Patrick H. Lauke from comment #7) > At least for links, this now seems resolved in iOS11/Safari/VO. > > <a href="#">&nbsp;</a> > <a href="#" title="Close">&nbsp;</a> > > now receive VO focus, just the same way that > > <a href="#"></a> > <a href="#" title="Close"></a> > > do. There's still an issue where pure spans with tabindex="0", like > > <span tabindex="0" title="Close"></span> this could be remedied by adding a role="link" > > don't receive VO focus....but I may file this separately. 258718 2015-08-11 08:56:42 -0700 2015-08-11 08:56:42 -0700 Variations of links/spans with different attributes to test focusability voiceover-focus.html text/html 4007 redux PCFET0NUWVBFIGh0bWw+DQo8aHRtbD4NCjxoZWFkPg0KPHRpdGxlPlZhcmlhdGlvbnMgb2YgY29u dHJvbHMgdXNpbmcgbGlua3MgYW5kIHNwYW5zPC90aXRsZT4NCjxtZXRhIGNoYXJzZXQ9dXRmLTg+ DQo8bWV0YSBuYW1lPSJ2aWV3cG9ydCIgY29udGVudD0id2lkdGg9ZGV2aWNlLXdpZHRoLCBpbml0 aWFsLXNjYWxlPTEiPg0KPHNjcmlwdD4NCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPHN0eWxlPg0KYSwgc3Bhbi5jb250 cm9sIHsNCglkaXNwbGF5OiBibG9jazsNCgl3aWR0aDogMTZweDsNCgloZWlnaHQ6IDE2cHg7DQoJ dGV4dC1kZWNvcmF0aW9uOiBub25lOw0KCWJhY2tncm91bmQtcmVwZWF0OiBuby1yZXBlYXQ7DQoJ YmFja2dyb3VuZC1pbWFnZTogdXJsKGRhdGE6aW1hZ2UvcG5nO2Jhc2U2NCxpVkJPUncwS0dnb0FB 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