[Bug 4959] screen reader reads contents of entire form

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4959





------- Comment #1 from ot@w3.org  2007-08-21 01:43 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> when accessing the validator using a screen reader (JAWS for Windows), the
> entire form, including the "hidden" "More Options" are included in JAWS' List
> of Form Controls, 

I am unsure what the issue is here. I would expect that being able to access
all the form controls (which are properly labeled) would be a feature, not a
bug.

> and are still in the tab-navigation order of the form (one
> has to tab through all of the "Advanced" options in order to reach the submit
> button.

Understood. Would you have a suggestion to make for a better behavior, or a
patch for:
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/
?


> also, this form which i am currently filling out
> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=Validator
> needs to have the labels for the form controls explicitly bound to the form
> controls, using the for/id relationship defined for the LABEL element; without
> such an explicit binding, it is difficult to tell with accuracy what the
> purpose of the form control one has tabbed to

We are planning to upgrade our instance of bugzilla to the latest release,
hopefully form labeling will be better.
I see there is also current work on improving the forms in bugzilla, so there
is hope:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374020
In any case, issues with bugzilla are better reported to bugzilla development
team rather than here.

Received on Tuesday, 21 August 2007 01:43:23 UTC