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From: allyssa jessicon
Date: Feb 21, 2022 9:55AM

Yes, it does respond to Enter and Space without VO key.

On Monday, February 21, 2022, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> On 21/02/2022 16:37, allyssa jessicon wrote:
>
>> If it has something to do with
>> semantics then wouldn't it work with other screen readers except for VO.
>>
>
> Different screenreaders, on different platforms, behave differently, so
> that's not always a given.
>
> In any case, it's difficult to dig in/diagnose this sort of thing further
> without seeing the actual markup and code in action.
>
> By all means, if the root cause is elusive, I'd note it under 2.1.1 if all
> else fails. But possibly not as a hard failure, more as a "this is broken,
> but it's not quite clear why and it works with keyboard without AT running"
> (I'm assuming that's the case, right? Also, even with VO active, does it
> open with just Enter or Space, without the VO keys also being pressed?)
>
> P
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