Bug 226534 – iOS - VoiceOver reads the programmatically associated label instead of the accessible name provided via the aria-label or aria-labelledby attribute

• Component: Accessibility
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Andres Gonzalez]

iOS - VoiceOver reads the programmatically associated label instead of the accessible name provided via the aria-label or aria-labelledby attribute

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/78762510>

[Andres Gonzalez]

rdar://65935211

[Andres Gonzalez]

Expected:
When an input has a programmatically associated label and an aria-label attribute or aria-labelledby attribute, based on the accessible name computation the aria-label or aria-labelledby attribute should take precedence over the programmatically associated label. 

Actual:
VoiceOver on iOS, reads the programmatically associated label instead of the accessible name provided via the aria-label or aria-labelledby attribute
Applies to input types: text, password, search, tel, email and url

On macOS Catalina Version 10.15.5 works as expected - aria-label or aria-labelledby attribute takes precedence over the programmatically associated label.

[Andres Gonzalez]

Created attachment 430350 [details]
Patch

[chris fleizach]

Comment on attachment 430350 [details]
Patch

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=430350&action=review

> Source/WebCore/ChangeLog:10
> +        given objet, and using the label of that title element as the label of

object

> Source/WebCore/accessibility/atk/WebKitAccessibleUtil.cpp:111
> +        if (text.textSource == AccessibilityTextSource::LabelByElement && !coreObject->titleUIElement())

if we don't expose the titleUIElement, should it even be in the accessibilityText that's generated?

[Andres Gonzalez]

Created attachment 431069 [details]
Patch

[Andres Gonzalez]

(In reply to chris fleizach from comment #5)
> Comment on attachment 430350 [details]
> Patch
> 
> View in context:
> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=430350&action=review
> 
> > Source/WebCore/ChangeLog:10
> > +        given objet, and using the label of that title element as the label of
> 
> object

Fixed.
> 
> > Source/WebCore/accessibility/atk/WebKitAccessibleUtil.cpp:111
> > +        if (text.textSource == AccessibilityTextSource::LabelByElement && !coreObject->titleUIElement())
> 
> if we don't expose the titleUIElement, should it even be in the
> accessibilityText that's generated?

This is used for aria-label, so you can have a form field, for instance, with aria-label="blah" and we want to return "blah" if there is no titleUIElement. It seems that the precedence of titleUIElement over aria-label was established at some point, but I have not check what the aria spec says about this, if any thing.

[EWS]

Committed r278718 (238686@main): <https://commits.webkit.org/238686@main>

All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug and clearing flags on attachment 431069 [details].