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list-item: default ariaLabel causes list items to be read twice #11582

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NilsAtGoogle opened this issue Jan 8, 2019 · 2 comments · Fixed by #12022
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list-item: default ariaLabel causes list items to be read twice #11582

NilsAtGoogle opened this issue Jan 8, 2019 · 2 comments · Fixed by #12022
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NilsAtGoogle commented Jan 8, 2019 •
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Bug, enhancement request, or proposal:

When a clickable / linkable mdListItem is provided without an aria-label, the directive creates a button/link with an aria-label. Because this element and the original inner contents are siblings, asking a screen reader to read through the document results in both the created link and the content to be read, which is awkward for screen reader users.

CodePen and steps to reproduce the issue:

CodePen Demo which demonstrates the issue:

https://codepen.io/nil_ptr/pen/LMrxOV

Detailed Reproduction Steps:

  1. Have a screen reader to read through the contents

What is the expected behavior?

Link contains the actual contents, or some other solution which prevents the contents from being read twice.

What is the current behavior?

Screen reader reads link's aria label, then reads the sibling DOM

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

Providing an accurate experience for assistive technology

Which versions of AngularJS, Material, OS, and browsers are affected?

  • AngularJS: >v1.6
  • AngularJS Material: >v1.1
  • OS: any
  • Browsers: Chrome / ChromeVox (not tested with JAWS, NVDA, etc.)

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NilsAtGoogle commented Jan 8, 2019 •
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Note that you can work around this by explicitly providing a better aria-label to the mdListItem and setting aria-hidden="true" on the contents.

@jelbourn jelbourn added a11y This issue is related to accessibility g3: reported The issue was reported by an internal or external product team. labels Jan 8, 2019
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@Splaktar Splaktar changed the title mdListItem: [a11y] default ariaLabel causes list items to be read twice list-item: default ariaLabel causes list items to be read twice Jan 8, 2019
@Splaktar Splaktar added this to the 1.1.13 milestone Jan 8, 2019
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fix(list): case where list items are read twice by screen readers
6b2b09c 
- if we create an `aria-label` from the element's text content
  then mark the content as `aria-hidden="true"` so that screen
  readers don't announce/traverse the content twice
- improve Closure types

Fixes #11582
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Opened PR #12022 to address this.

In the process, I created this updated CodePen.

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fix(list): case where list items are read twice by screen readers
5c455d3 
- if we create an `aria-label` from the element's text content
  then mark the content as `aria-hidden="true"` so that screen
  readers don't announce/traverse the content twice
- improve Closure types

Fixes #11582
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