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[Terminal> Status]: In Scan mode, Screen Reader focus is going on whole information dialog and announcing, 'No next text' or 'No previous text'.

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A11yCO A11ySev3 A11yWCAG Area-Accessibility HCL-E+D HCL-WindowsTerminal Issue-Bug Priority-3 Product-Terminal WindowsTerminal_Win32
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Description

### Windows Terminal version

1.12.3472.0

### Windows build number

10.0.22504.1010

### Other Software

**Test Environment:**
OS: Windows 11 Version Dev (OS Build 22504.1010)
App: Windows Terminal Preview
Screen Reader: Narrator

### Steps to reproduce

**Repro Steps:**
1. Open Windows Terminal.
2. Open Command Palette using 'Ctrl + Shift + p'.
3. Press 'Backspace' key and then type 'dir' and hit Enter.
4. Open Narrator using 'Win + Ctrl + Enter' keys. Turn on Scan on mode using 'Caps lock + Space' keys.
5. Navigate to 'Don't Show again' dialog using 'up/down' arrow keys and observe the issue.

**User Experience:**
Screen Reader users UX will not be good if Screen Reader announce incorrect info while navigating in scan mode.

**Guideline Reference:**
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/info-and-relationships

**Attachments:**
[In Scan mode, Screen Reader focus is going on whole information dialog and announcing 'No next text' or 'No previous text'..zip](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/files/7778957/In.Scan.mode.Screen.Reader.focus.is.going.on.whole.information.dialog.and.announcing.No.next.text.or.No.previous.text.zip)

### Expected Behavior

In Scan mode, Screen Reader focus should not go on whole information dialog.

### Actual Behavior

In Scan mode, Screen Reader focus is going on whole information dialog and announcing, 'No next text' or 'No previous text'.

Observation: Not able to verify NVDA and JAWS Screen Reader behavior as there Browse or Curosr mode doesn wotk inside app.

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in Windows Terminal Preview 1.12.3472.0 on Windows 11 with Narrator and Scan mode, following the listed Command Palette and “Don’t Show again” dialog steps. Use the attached recording to compare focus and announcements; done means Scan mode no longer focuses the whole information dialog or announces “No next text” or “No previous text”.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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