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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 633858
Owner:
Closed: Feb 2017
Cc:
Components:
EstimatedDays: ----
NextAction: 2017-01-27
OS: Windows
Pri: 1
Type: Bug

Blocking:
issue 671375



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a11y: JAWS - cannot activate items in main menu

Project Member Reported by chaok@google.com, Jan 27 2017

Issue description

Changing settings
JAWS 18 doesn’t require switching modes, but it’s not possible to ENTER/SPACBAR to activate these menus
Chrome Version: Chrome 58.0.2994.0
OS: Windows 10
Screen Reader: NVDA 2016.4, JAWS 18.0.2324

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) Install JAWS via http://www.freedomscientific.com/
(2) chrome://md-settings
(3) SHIFT+TBA to Main Menu > ENTER > ARROW

What is the expected result?
 While it's possible to use JAWS to arrow to items in main menu w/o switching modes, it's not possible to activate items
 

Comment 1 by dbeam@chromium.org, Feb 9 2017

Blocking: 671375
Cc: dbeam@chromium.org
Owner: hcarmona@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Untriaged)
maybe addressed by https://codereview.chromium.org/2651293003/

Comment 2 by chaok@google.com, Feb 9 2017

Repros in latest Canary:
Google Chrome Version 58.0.3007.0
Mergedinto: 633858
Status: Duplicate (was: Assigned)
 Issue 633858  will fix this. Marking as duplicate.

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