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Test: aria-description attribute test suite
Test: aria-description attribute test suite
Screen Reader support level: partial (14/22)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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This test ensures that the accessible description is computed correctly when aria-description
on a few types of elements.
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Summary of Screen Reader support by expectation
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Voice Control support by expectation aria-description attribute (future aria release) Expectation Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Access (Android) Voice Control (iOS) Voice Control (MacOS) Windows Speech Recognition Windows Voice Access Chrome Chrome Safari Safari Edge Chrome Edge Chrome Not applicable
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Keyboard support by expectation aria-description attribute (future aria release) Expectation Windows Keyboard Mac Keyboard iOS Keyboard Android Keyboard Chrome Firefox Edge Chrome Safari Safari Chrome Not applicable
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Detailed support results by expectation Expectation for the aria-description attribute (future aria release): contribute to the description - applied to the input[type="text"] element
This expectation is applied to the input[type="text"] element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-description attribute (future aria release) feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT Browser Has Support Output Dragon Naturally Speaking Chrome not applicable - JAWS Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Example label, edit, error: {number}"
JAWS Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Example label, edit, error: {number}"
JAWS Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Example label, edit, error: {number}"
Narrator Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch Narrator and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example label, edit, error {number}"
NVDA Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example, label, edit, error {number}, blank"
NVDA Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example, label, edit, error {number}, blank"
NVDA Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example, label, edit, has auto complete error {number}, blank"
Orca Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch Orca and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Example label, entry, error: {number}"
TalkBack Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Swipe right (or alt+right arrow) (Read next item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch TalkBack and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe right (or alt+right arrow)
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "edit box, example label, error: {number}"
Voice Access (Android) Chrome not applicable - Voice Control (iOS) Safari not applicable - Voice Control (MacOS) Safari not applicable - VoiceOver (iOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Swipe Right (Next item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (iOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe Right
(Next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example label, text field, double tap to edit"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. VoiceOver (macOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Tab (Read next focusable item) to navigate forward to `input[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (macOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Tab
(Read next focusable item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "example label, edit text"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Windows Speech Recognition Edge not applicable - Windows Speech Recognition Chrome not applicable - Windows Voice Access Edge not applicable - Windows Voice Access Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Windows Keyboard Edge not applicable - Mac Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Mac Keyboard Safari not applicable - iOS Keyboard Safari not applicable - Android Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Extended Support for: aria-description attribute (future aria release): contribute to the description
These are less common combinations
Back to top Expectation for the aria-description attribute (future aria release): contribute to the description - applied to the span element
This expectation is applied to the span element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-description attribute (future aria release) feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT Browser Has Support Output Dragon Naturally Speaking Chrome not applicable - JAWS Chrome none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. JAWS Edge none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. JAWS Firefox none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Narrator Edge none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Jump to next item (scan mode)) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch Narrator and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Jump to next item (scan mode))
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. NVDA Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "I'm help text target button tab stop after"
NVDA Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "I'm help text target button tab stop after"
NVDA Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "I'm help text target"
Orca Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch Orca and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target, I'm help text"
TalkBack Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Swipe right (or alt+right arrow) (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch TalkBack and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe right (or alt+right arrow)
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target, I'm help text"
Voice Access (Android) Chrome not applicable - Voice Control (iOS) Safari not applicable - Voice Control (MacOS) Safari not applicable - VoiceOver (iOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use Swipe Right (Next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (iOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe Right
(Next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. VoiceOver (macOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use VO + Right arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `span[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (macOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
span[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
VO + Right arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "target"
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Windows Speech Recognition Edge not applicable - Windows Speech Recognition Chrome not applicable - Windows Voice Access Edge not applicable - Windows Voice Access Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Windows Keyboard Edge not applicable - Mac Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Mac Keyboard Safari not applicable - iOS Keyboard Safari not applicable - Android Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Extended Support for: aria-description attribute (future aria release): contribute to the description
These are less common combinations
Back to top Expectation for the aria-description attribute (future aria release): convey description changes when in focus - applied to the input[type="text"] element
This expectation is applied to the input[type="text"] element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-description attribute (future aria release) feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: SHOULD
- Voice Control: NA
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT Browser Has Support Output Dragon Naturally Speaking Chrome not applicable - JAWS Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "error: {number}"
JAWS Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "error: {number}"
JAWS Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch JAWS and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "error: {number}"
Narrator Edge none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch Narrator and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only the character that was entered)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. NVDA Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "error {number}"
NVDA Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "error {number}"
NVDA Firefox none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch NVDA and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only character was announced)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Orca Firefox none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch Orca and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only the character that was entered)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. TalkBack Chrome none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch TalkBack and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only character entered)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Voice Access (Android) Chrome not applicable - Voice Control (iOS) Safari not applicable - Voice Control (MacOS) Safari not applicable - VoiceOver (iOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (iOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only the character that was entered)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. VoiceOver (macOS) Safari none
- Result: (fail)
- Test Case: Use <enter text> (enter text) on the target of `input[aria-description]`
- Launch VoiceOver (macOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
input[aria-description]
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: target
- Keyboard focus is: target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
<enter text>
(enter text)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: (only the character was announced)
- Grading note: This command may be expected to fail. This result simply indicates that it did not yield support.
Grading Note: There is no known/documented support. There may still be support for this expectation, but it is undocumented. If this is the case, please report this issue. Windows Speech Recognition Edge not applicable - Windows Speech Recognition Chrome not applicable - Windows Voice Access Edge not applicable - Windows Voice Access Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Windows Keyboard Edge not applicable - Mac Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Mac Keyboard Safari not applicable - iOS Keyboard Safari not applicable - Android Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Extended Support for: aria-description attribute (future aria release): convey description changes when in focus
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- 2021-10-19 Add test
- 2023-07-26 updated all results and added a test case for aria-description applied to a static element (span)
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