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From: allyssa jessicon
Date: Feb 23, 2022 10:49PM

Hello Johnathan,

Yes, it works with space key when the virtual cursor is on for JAWS.

On Wednesday, February 23, 2022, Jonathan Cohn < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> One other thing to check is if the pop-up opens when using the space key
> with JAWS when the virtual cursor is on. When auto-forms mode is turned on
> in JAWS, then JAWS might be going into forms mode. I have seen cases where
> VoiceOver Macintosh and JAWS virtual cursor will not activate an item that
> can be clicked with the mouse, but not with the screen reader click action.
> Often this is because the activation is being associated with a mouse or
> pointer up event instead of a click event.
> Jonathan
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jonathan Cohn
>
>
>
> > On Feb 21, 2022, at 11:21, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
> >
> > On 21/02/2022 16:19, allyssa jessicon wrote:
> >> Why don't we consider alternate accessible mechanism to not fail WCAG?
> >> Since Enter/Space are commonly used keys to open a popup list that is
> >> accessible can it be a pass through WCAG?
> >
> > What I'm saying is that your failure here is likely caused by something
> more fundamental (lack of appropriate role, for instance). The fact that
> it's not opening for you with VO running is a side effect of the more
> fundamental problem that is likely there, and THAT would be the failure to
> hang this from.
> >
> > P
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