JedWatson / JedWatson/react-select

Accessibility Issue - NVDA does not announce selected option in mobile or tablet view.

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Description

react-select - Version 5.7.7
Browser - Microsoft Edge for business 118.0.2088.69
Screen reader - NVDA - Version 2023 (2023.1.0.27913)

I have a simple select component as below

import Select from 'react-select'

const options = [
  { value: '', label: 'blank' },
  { value: 'spanish', label: 'Spanish' },
  { value: 'french', label: 'French' },
  { value: 'italian', label: 'Italian' },
  { value: 'german', label: 'German' }
];

export const App = () => { 
  return (
    <div className="App">
      <Select options={options} />
    </div>
  );

When I tested this component against NVDA screen reader, for desktop view NVDA correctly announces the selection but not for iPad or mobile view it does not, it announces title of the page (here React App document). Please see screenshot

Desktop

Screenshot 2023-10-27 at 11 04 54

iPad view

Screenshot 2023-10-27 at 11 05 23

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Research direction

Reproduce the provided Select component in Edge with NVDA on desktop and mobile or tablet views. No source files or tests are named; investigate the accessibility behavior around the component and consider the issue resolved when NVDA announces the selected option consistently across the reported views.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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