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Re: Issue with text box content not read when having datarole -numeric text box

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Aug 2, 2021 5:16PM

On 02/08/2021 23:57, Manju Vellachamy via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> Hi,
> Iam having issues with screen reader not reading values in the textbox and reading page title when reading the textbox values .
> This textbox is just different from a normal textbox is that it has html element role =" numerictextbox" . This issue is only with Chrome and Egde browsers .
> Did anyone encountered this issue before and found any solutions .
>
> Also the issue happens only on tabbing the controls … in browse mode ( using arrows ) . It works perfectly.

I'd start with looking at that role, as role="numerictextbox" is not
valid. Change it to role="textbox".

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#textbox

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