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

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 2, 2021 6:08PM

Also, what is the underlying HTML element, is it an <input>?
How is it labeled, aria-label or aria-labelledby?


On 8/2/21, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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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