NVDA/JAWS should announce the placeholder text provided at edit fields in command palette.

[qpetraroia]

Hello, we have been recently testing out our extension for accessibility bugs, and we believe we may have found one directly linked to vscode. The extension we are using is Bridge to Kubernetes.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/bridge/bridge-to-kubernetes-sample

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: Visual Studio Code Version 1.73.1. (user setup)
• OS Version: Windows 11 Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.376)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Turn on NVDA/JAWS.
2. Open Visual studio code application and setup Bridge to Kubernetes extension.
3. Download cluster config file and load 'stats-apo' project.
4. Press 'Ctrl+Shift+P' open command palette in View menu.
5. Select 'Bridge to Kubernetes: Configure' and press enter.
6. Navigate using down arrow key to select 'stats-api' in connect to kubernetes (1/4) stage and press enter.
7. Input '3001' in connect to kubernetes service: stats-api (2/4) stage and press enter.
8. Verify whether NVDA/JAWS is announcing the given placeholder text at edit field or not.

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.73.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[qpetraroia]

Hi @meganrogge,

The bug still exists with the new vscode version. I edited the original post. Thanks!

[meganrogge]

@TylerLeonhardt I think you just worked on improving the accessibility of the quick pick - thoughts on this?

[kupatkar99]

#A11yMAS; #A11yTCS; #A11ySev2; #DesktopApp; #Win32; #Visual Studio Code Client; #BM-VisualStudioCodeClient-Win32-Aug2022; #WCAG1.3.1; #Element:Placeholdertext; #AILimited; #JAWS; #NVDA;

[meganrogge]

@TylerLeonhardt have you looked into the feasibility of supporting this?

[TylerLeonhardt]

Sorry I'm not sure I totally follow here. Just to make sure, @qpetraroia can you attach a gif?

/gifPlease

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for reporting this issue! Unfortunately, it's hard for us to understand what issue you're seeing. Please help us out by providing a screen recording showing exactly what isn't working as expected. While we can work with most standard formats, .gif files are preferred as they are displayed inline on GitHub. You may find https://gifcap.dev helpful as a browser-based gif recording tool.

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