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Re: JAWS, group of buttons, and ARIA

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From: Jim Allan
Date: May 10, 2017 9:42AM

It reads fine when the entire page is read. also when I use a down arrow.
Jaws says toolbar with 2 items, then group Test ButtonBar . If I tab in it
just says the button name.
NVDA did not tell the number of items. I added a list around the buttons,
then NVDA told the number of buttons. Jaws said toolbar with 2 items, then
group, then list with 2 items. - a bit repetitive.

Jim

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:43 AM, R.U. Steinberg < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> I have a question regarding JAWS 18, ARIA, and buttons. Let's say I have a
> group of buttons and I want JAWS to announce the name of the group, as well
> as the name of the individual buttons as users navigate to them. The only
> way I can seem to get this working is to have a DIV with a role of toolbar,
> then inside of it, a div with a role of group. Is this the only way? Also
> is there a way to code it so that JAWS will announce how many items are in
> the group or toolbar? Thank you ahead of time.
>
>
>
> <div role="toolbar">
>
> <div role="group" aria-label="Test ButtonBar">
>
> <button id="myPrimaryButton" type="button">Primary Button</button>
>
> <button id="mySecondaryButton1"
> type="button">Secondary Button</button>
>
> </div>
>
> </div>
> > > > >



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