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NVDA is not passing the Escape key in ARIA menus #3215

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nvaccessAuto opened this issue May 10, 2013 · 1 comment
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NVDA is not passing the Escape key in ARIA menus #3215

nvaccessAuto opened this issue May 10, 2013 · 1 comment
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ARIA bug feature/browse-mode p3 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/blob/master/projectDocs/issues/triage.md#priority z 2017webfix (archived)
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Reported by dfarough on 2013-05-10 15:32
Can NVDA pass the handling of escape key presses to the widgit for ARIA menus? See http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/#menu
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jcsteh commented Jun 29, 2017

This is quite annoying when working with ARIA menus, autocompletes, etc.

Test case (rename to .html)

STR:

  1. Open the test case.
  2. In browse mode, move the cursor to the edit field and press enter. Observe that NVDA switches to focus mode.
  3. Press down arrow. Observe that NVDA reports "Some item".
  4. Press escape.
    • Expected: NVDA should remain in focus mode and report the edit field, since it got focus.
    • Actual: NVDA switches to browse mode. The menu item remains focused.

P2 because this can be very confusing when trying to work with ARIA autocompletes and menus. Some users may not understand what's happening and thus not be able to figure out how to work around it.

@jcsteh jcsteh added z 2017webfix (archived) p3 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/blob/master/projectDocs/issues/triage.md#priority labels Jun 29, 2017
MarcoZehe added a commit to MarcoZehe/nvda that referenced this issue Oct 11, 2018
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Allow pass through in ARIA menus, fixes nvaccess#3215.
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In addition to the existing elements like TableCell, column and row headers, allow menu items, menu item radio button and menu item checkbox roles to pass keys such Escape through as well. This should make the interaction in mega menus and other menu types on the web much more intuitive and eliminate the need to press Escape twice to back up a menu level or close a menu alltogether.
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