Accessibility Defect: The View combobox is not accessible with screen readers

Products

• Clarity PPM SaaS
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

Purchase order - View combobox

Issue: The View combobox is not accessible with screen readers. There are multiple issues which include:

There is no label in code for the component (i.e. View). Only the selected value announces. expanded/collapsed state is not conveyed to screen reader users. It has an incorrect role of text box. It is not a text box. It is not keyboard accessible. Heading text in the combobox isn't marked up as a heading. But also generally we shouldn't be using heading text in a dropdown.

Search input within the combobox is not accessible with screen reader. Escape key functions as Shift + Tab when you try to use it to close the listbox options. It has buttons which perform actions within the dropdown (manage and save as). 

Environment

16.3.3

Cause

DE179845 

Resolution

DE179845 - fixed in 16.4.2

As part of this defect handled below issues in 16.4.2:

1. Heading text in the combobox isn't marked up as a heading.
2. Selected values is not announcing as selected.
3. Fixed Keyboard issues in the view combobox.