JedWatson / JedWatson/react-select
Accessibility bug: screenreaders should announce disabled options as "dimmed" or "disabled"
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- TypeScript
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Description
How to reproduce the bug:
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Go to https://react-select.com/homehttps://react-select.com/home
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Check "disabled" for the first example, "Single"
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Run the screenreader (I used Mac VoiceOver). The selected item is announced, but the "dimmed" or "disabled" description is missing. This can be seen using arrow key navigation (VO + arrow keys) or with auto read (VO + A).
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Research direction
Start with the disabled Single example at https://react-select.com/home and reproduce the behavior with Mac VoiceOver using arrow-key navigation or auto read. Trace the select's accessibility output and verify that disabled options are announced as "dimmed" or "disabled".
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100