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Re: automatic tab activation sample from ARIA Practices document with current Jaws behaviour

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From: David Farough
Date: May 17, 2023 11:31AM

Thanks for the link.

When I tab to the tabs list I do not hear the sound to indicate the switch to focus mode.
Pressing Insert + z does turn off the virtual cursor,and then I can move from tab to tab using the right or left arrow keys. The tab panel does change when the focus changes
But when tabbing to the active panel, I cannot read the content unless I turn on the virtual cursor again using insert + z.
I do have my auto forms mode setting set to auto (the default). .

Maybe it's time to repair Jaws.

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] automatic tab activation sample from ARIA Practices document with current Jaws behaviour

Both JAWS and NVDA are working ok for me on Chrome and Firefox. I hear an
audible change when I TAB (key) to the tablist because it automatically
switches between browse mode and forms mode (or whatever your favorite
terms are for the two modes). I get the same audible sound when tabbing to
an input field.

I'm using the default settings in both screen readers which is automatic
switching between modes. As Jonathan said, you can switch modes manually
with Ins+Z for JAWS and Ins+space for NVDA.

Here is a partial list of when the mode should automatically switch.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/practices/keyboard-interface/#fundamentalkeyboardnavigationconventions

These are elements that require you to manage the focus and it happens to
map to the same elements that switch modes automatically. (The input
element is not in that list because it doesn't require focus management but
it does switch modes.)