Accessibility: In MUX Timesheets with Screen reader - E key does not detect any next edit field

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

When opening a MUX timesheet with Screen reader and trying to navigate with E key (screen reader shortcut)  to next available editable field none is detected

 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Open NVDA or JAWS
2. Open a Clarity MUX timesheets with some tasks already added
3. Now press E key on the keyboard

• E key is a shortcut for both NVDA or JAWS to go to the next edit field
  • e: edit field
  • Single Letter Navigation
  • To navigate to the next edit field, press the e key. Again, to navigate to the previous edit field, press the shift + e key (valid for both NVDA and JAWS)

Expected Results: The next editable field in the timesheet to be selected (the Hours or Charge Code etc)

Actual Results: Screen Reader reads: No next edit field

Environment

Clarity 16.2.3, 16.3.0, 16.3.1

Cause

DE165796, Design limitation

Resolution

This is a design limitation, due to Timesheet current functionality (explanation below) 

• E key is a quick navigation key used in browse mode to jump between edit fields (text input areas) on a webpage.
• Functionality:
  • Next Edit Field: Pressing E (in browse mode) moves focus to the next editable text field (e.g., search bars, comment boxes, form fields).
  • Previous Edit Field: Press Shift + E to move to the previous edit field.
• My Timesheet's time entry cells are in a table with role = 'gridcell', which contradicts the expected behavior of E key navigation.