musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Screen Reader does not report direction when items are flipped.

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Description

Issue type

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

Description with steps to reproduce

In version 4.6 a number of keys now announce their function when pressed. Pressing X to flip an item now results in speech feedback that says "flipped direction". But this does not tell the user whether the item was flipped up or down, e.g. whether the stem is now up or down or the item is now above or below the staff. There is also no other way to find this information out.

Ideally key presses should always announce the action that has taken place. In this instance "flipped Up", or "flipped down".

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.3

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

windows 11 with NVDA

Additional context

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in MuseScore Studio 4.6.3 on Windows 11 with NVDA by pressing X to flip an item. Trace the screen-reader feedback for that key action; done means the announcement identifies whether the item was flipped up or down.

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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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