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Re: NVDA and aria-labelledby with checkboxes?

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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Mar 23, 2016 4:31PM

Bah - I need to learn how to filter GitHub issues better next time. Similar
behavior reported under #3321.

Sean

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Sean Keegan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
>
>