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Listbox: unable to change listbox selection with Chrome & Talkback on Android

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, html, javascript

Research direction

Start with the MIND pattern listbox example at https://opensource.ebay.com/mindpatterns/input/listbox/index.html and compare its behavior with the working APG documentation example and the APG CodePen view. Reproduce the TalkBack steps on Android; done means steps 3 through 6 allow the listbox to activate, highlight another option, and select it.

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Description

bug os: android screen reader: talkback

Steps:

  1. Visit https://opensource.ebay.com/mindpatterns/input/listbox/index.html
  2. Enable Talkback (hold both volume keys)
  3. Swipe to listbox
  4. Double tap to activate listbox
  5. Swipe to change highlighted option
  6. Double tap to select the highlighted option

Steps 3 and 4 are failing in MIND pattern example


All steps are working in the APG main documentation page:

https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/listbox/examples/listbox-scrollable/

However, these steps are NOT working in the APG codepen view. Odd!

Dominant language
HTML
Stars
85
Forks
11
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
13

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