** Description changed:
In Noble, after the last Gtk4 update, some accessibility details have
stopped working. Specifically, when a container is marked as a group and
an inner element gets the focus, now the screen reader only reads the
label of the focused element. Before, if the focus went from outside the
group to inside, the label of the group element was read before, thus
helping to get context.
The bug seems to be due to the change of the ATSPI_ROLE value for
GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GROUP, from PANEL to GROUPING. Reverting it seems to
fix the bug.
+
+ This bug only affects Noble. Neither Plucky nor Questing are affected.
[ Impact ]
This bug affects to all those users that rely on a screen reader. The screen
reader will not give enough context to know where the focus is, which can make
more complex for them to navigate and use the computer.
[ Test plan ]
* Enable the screen reader
* Open Gnome Control Center
* Go to System -> Users
* Using the keyboard TAB and cursors, go to the "Unlock" button
* If the bug has been fixed, the screen reader should say first "Some options
are locked" and only then "Unlock pushbutton". If the bug is still there, only
"Unlock pushbutton" will be read.
[ Where problems could occur ]
Both ATSPI_ROLE_PANEL and ATSPI_ROLE_GROUPING are designed to specify a
group of related elements. But for some reason, it seems that GROUPING,
in Noble, doesn't respond as expected when there are nested elements,
while PANEL does (https://docs.gtk.org/atspi2/enum.Role.html) so the
only possible problems could be A11Y related, specifically with nested
elements. Anyway, it should affect only users that rely on screen
readers, and, at most, when notifying higher-scale labels or
descriptions.
** Changed in: gtk4 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Accessibility groups aren't honored in Noble
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