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Re: IE 11 Bug? Work around?

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From: Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC)
Date: Mar 15, 2016 2:27PM

That would be nice except that when the disabled attribute is present IE does not report that the checkbox is checked through the screen reader. I definitely see this as an IE bug since it continues to represent the checkbox as checked visually.

Looking at MSAA through A-Viewer in IE the value of the accState for the checkbox is just unavailable while in FireFox it is checked, marqueed, unavailable.

When you remove the disabled attribute from the input IE changes the accState in MSAA to checked, focusable, marqueed and unavailable.

Mike Moore
Accessibility Coordinator
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Civil Rights Office
(512) 438-3431 (Office)