Bug 196354
| Summary: | AX: Role=switch is communicated as a "checkbox" | ||
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| Product: | WebKit | Reporter: | Scott <scottaohara> |
| Component: | Accessibility | Assignee: | Nobody <webkit-unassigned> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | Normal | CC: | aroselli, darin.senneff, mfairchild365, ntim, robin, webkit-bug-importer, webkit.org |
| Priority: | P2 | Keywords: | InRadar |
| Version: | Safari 12 | ||
| Hardware: | iPhone / iPad | ||
| OS: | iOS 12 | ||
Scott
As a follow up to bug 194006, I'm very happy to see that role=switch is now communicating state.
However, this issue is to draw attention to the fact that role="switch" should be announced as a "switch" with an "on" or "off" state, rather than the present role announcement of "checkbox" and state of "checked" or "unchecked".
Making this change would match the implementation / announcements of macOS Safari + VO.
The following link provides additional testing information and Switch demos.
https://scottaohara.github.io/a11y_styled_form_controls/src/checkbox--switch/
Thank you!
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Radar WebKit Bug Importer
<rdar://problem/49379241>
Darin Senneff
Bumping this to say that this is still present 4 years later with iOS 16.5.1 VoiceOver + Safari.
When encountering a role="switch" element, VoiceOver still calls the element a "checkbox" with a "checked" or "unchecked" state.
Changing this to announce the element as a "switch" with an "on" or "off" state would bring iOS Safari in line with MacOS Safari, JAWS, NVDA, Narrator, and TalkBack; which all announce the element as such.
Curtis Wilcox
I can still reproduce this problem with VoiceOver on iOS 17.3.
Tim Nguyen (:ntim)
Please check iOS 17.4 beta
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 268120 ***