279214 2024-09-05 11:43:58 -0700 AX: VoiceOver does not echo deletions in a contenteditable region with programmatic value updates 2024-09-05 11:44:07 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Accessibility Safari 17 Mac (Apple Silicon) macOS 14 NEW InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 sarahmhigley webkit-unassigned andresg_22 webkit-bug-importer oldest_to_newest 2057988 0 sarahmhigley 2024-09-05 11:43:58 -0700 Most web-based rich text editors use javascript to programmatically manage the text content of the contenteditable region, rather than relying on default browser insertion and deletion. A couple examples include the Facebook compose box, the twitter compose box, and the Lexical rich text editor (https://lexical.dev/). On Safari, VoiceOver echos content insertion for these, but not deletion. On Chrome, VoiceOver reads both insertion and deletion. This appears to be a common enough experience that in several user studies on an rich text editor using Lexical, multiple VoiceOver users mentioned that they were familiar with the issue from elsewhere. I created a simplified reproduction of several of the more common ways to handle text deletion with javascript in a contenteditable div: - https://codepen.io/smhigley/pen/PordJoy?editors=1010 - (or use this link to access only the example UI without the Codepen editors): https://cdpn.io/pen/debug/PordJoy VoiceOver currently does not echo deleted text for any of the three methods demonstrated in the Codepen when using Safari (tested on 17.6). 2057989 1 webkit-bug-importer 2024-09-05 11:44:07 -0700 <rdar://problem/135360396>