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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Mar 23, 2016 4:03PM

Hello,

Using the latest NVDA release (2016.1) and Firefox and am attempting to
test the use of aria-labelledby with a fieldset.

The fieldset has an aria-labelledby attribute that references a separate
text element on the page. When the fieldset is used in combination with
radio buttons, NVDA announces the aria-labelledby information when you tab
to the first radio button input in that fieldset. It replicates the
behavior for the fieldset and legend combination.

When used with checkboxes, NVDA does not announce the aria-labelledby
information when focus is placed on the first checkbox element and just
reads the individual checkbox label. It will announce the fieldset and
legend combination for checkboxes, but that behavior does not seem to be
replicated for the fieldset and aria-labelledby combination.

Is this correct behavior or did I completely botch a setting in NVDA?

Take care,
Sean