adobe / adobe/spectrum-web-components
[Bug][a11y]: A screen reader should announce a Toast message when it is added to the DOM
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Description
### Code of conduct
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### Impacted component(s)
Toast
### Expected behavior
A screen reader should announce a Toast message when it is added to the DOM. A develop should not need to remember to add `role="status"` or `role="alert"` so that assistive technology will announce the message.
### Actual behavior
A screen reader will not announce a Toast message when it is added to the DOM, without additional developer awareness to add role="status" or role="alert."
### Screenshots
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### What browsers are you seeing the problem in?
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### How can we reproduce this issue?
1. Go to '...'
2. Click on '....'
3. Scroll to '....'
4. Check console
5. See error
### Sample code that illustrates the problem
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### Logs taken while reproducing problem
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the Toast component and reviewing how its DOM updates are exposed to assistive technology. Reproduce the issue with a screen reader, then verify that a Toast added to the DOM is announced without requiring consumers to add an accessibility role.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100