Bug 229117 - AX: table <caption> elements are announced by VoiceOver with large negative row number
Summary: AX: table <caption> elements are announced by VoiceOver with large negative r...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Accessibility (show other bugs)
Version: Safari 14
Hardware: iPhone / iPad iOS 14
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-08-15 02:46 PDT by a11ybugreportsnz
Modified: 2023-03-17 11:19 PDT (History)
5 users (show)

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Description a11ybugreportsnz 2021-08-15 02:46:33 PDT 
Created attachment 435560 [details]
A demo page to experience this bug

When VoiceOver on iOS encounters a <caption> element at the start of a <table> it announces something like "[caption content] row negative thousand two hundred and twenty three *continues to rattle off numbers for several seconds*". The row number it announces appears to be -2^63.
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2021-08-15 02:46:44 PDT 
<rdar://problem/81951873>
Comment 2 Naimuddin Mohammad 2021-09-30 13:13:34 PDT 
I am also facing this issue. Is there any update on the fix.