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Re: aria-describedby in JAWS 14

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From: Sailesh Panchang
Date: Oct 26, 2012 1:07PM

Not sure why on this test page:
i. a LABEL element is being used for aria-describedby association.
Both JAWS and NVDA have been supporting (in IE and FF) multiple
LABELS that point to same INPUT
i.e. both 'for' values points to one 'id' value.
ii. tabindex="-1" is set on descriptor of user name field.

Another irritation: For over 3 years I have experienced JAWS say "Use
JAWS key +R to read descriptive text" on any element that uses
aria-describedby with Firefox browser on XP and Windows 2007.
Anyone else see this?
I have reported it more than once to FS.

Using IE9, FF13 and JAWS 12/13:
aria-describedby value is read once only in (/ out of) forms mode on
this page or other similar instances.
Sailesh Panchang



On 10/26/12, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I will report this as a bug, if it isn't already reported to the BETA
> testers bug database.
>