Comment 1 by surfer0627 on 2012-09-19 07:34
Hello NVDA developers,
I selected the option "Automatic focus mode for caret movement" before uploading files.

While moving caret to the upload file button, NVDA changed from brose mode to focus mode.

But if I pressed "b" to move to the button, it would be ok (on brose mode).

P.S.: In the brose mode, users could press "space" to open the upload dialog.

You may test the case at:
http://coscell.molerat.net/brl/bbp.php

or other upload-file page.

Please help to solve the case.
Thank you so much.

This still occurs using IE 11.
Relevant code:
<input type=file accept=binary>
Ensure Automatic focus mode for caret movement check box is checked. CC @jcsteh @feerrenrut

I think I can reproduce this with IE Version: 11.540.15063.0 and NVDA version master-14289,6c85ce59 but I'm not 100% sure.
@ehollig could you please elaborate on the steps to reproduce and clarified what the actual vs expected behaviour was for this?

Test case:

test.html.txt
Rename to *.html

STR

1. Ensure Automatic focus mode for caret movement is checked in Browse mode settings
2. Open the attachment in IE 11
3. Press down arrow

Expected Result

NVDA says "buttonBrowse…" in browse mode and the button is clickable

Actual Result

NVDA says "buttonBrowse…" in focus mode. Item is not clickable.

Update:
Just tried this file in Firefox and it is recognized as a button in browse mode.

When you say that the item is not clickable, do you mean its not reported as clickable, but you can press enter to press the button? If so, how did you try to "click" the button.

I should have specified. When I meant clickable, I meant the ability to press enter and for the browse dialog to pop up.

@feerrenrut, any updates on this issue?

I can still reproduce this in IE11 with NVDA2018.4.1. I found out that NVDA reports the description for that button, something like "name of the file to be uploaded". This seems to be a read only edit field which however, is not reported by NVDA when arrowing in browse mode. Maybe that edit field in the background causes NVDA to switch to focus mode in IE. But I might be wrong.

IE support has ended completely in 2022 and the browser is being removed automatically from machines that still have it after an Edge update in February 2023. I am closing this issue as abandoned, since I don't expect any further accessibility updates to IE or to IE mode in Edge. If you are having this issue in other browsers, please open a new issue with updated steps to reproduce and a minimal test case.