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Selected items say "Not Selected" in Preference Category List

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Description

Issue type

Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. With NVDA enabled navigate to Edit>Preferences.
  2. Arrow through the list of categories; General, Appearance, Canvas, etc. Notice that after each one the screen reader says "Not Selected" even though it clearly is selected as when you tab forward you are in the dialogue for that category.
    There is a similar issue with things saying unselected in other places such as instrument lists #19927.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.1

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Windows 11 with NVDA

Additional context

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Checklist
  • This report follows the guidelines for reporting bugs and issues
  • I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
  • I have attached all requested files and information to this report
  • I have attempted to identify the root problem as concisely as possible, and have used minimal reproducible examples where possible

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue through Edit>Preferences with NVDA on Windows 11, then inspect the preference category list's accessibility state. Done means the currently active category is announced as selected rather than "Not Selected" while arrowing through the list.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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