Bug 221722 – AX: aria-disabled state not announced by VoiceOver for ARIA treeitem

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: MOVED
• Component: Accessibility

[Todd Kloots]

Steps to reproduce

Using VoiceOver navigation:
1. Start VoiceOver
2. Go to https://codepen.io/toddlr/pen/jOVMjOQ
3. Use VoiceOver navigation (Control + Option + Right Arrow) to navigate the ARIA tree
4. Observe VoiceOver does not announce the first ARIA treeitem as disabled

Using keyboard shortcuts
1. Start VoiceOver
2. Go to https://codepen.io/toddlr/pen/jOVMjOQ
3. Press tab to move focus to the ARIA tree instance
4. Press up to move focus to the "Cats" treeitem
5. Observe VoiceOver does not announce the first ARIA treeitem as disabled

[Todd Kloots]

Created attachment 419906 [details]
Screen recording of the bug

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/74207703>

[chris fleizach]

Determined to be VoiceOver bug. 
Bug moved to VoiceOver component. No further fix from WebKit needed

[Todd Kloots]

As of Mac OS 11.4 aria-disabled is announced by VoiceOver BUT only if interacting using VO- navigation. If you navigate using only arrow keys WITH VO- modifiers aria-disabled is not announced.

[chris fleizach]

(In reply to Todd Kloots from comment #4)
> As of Mac OS 11.4 aria-disabled is announced by VoiceOver BUT only if
> interacting using VO- navigation. If you navigate using only arrow keys WITH
> VO- modifiers aria-disabled is not announced.

Created a new bug for this

rdar://81223569 (AX: aria-disabled state not announced by VoiceOver for ARIA treeitem (221722) followon)