JAWS 18 is not reading aria-labelledby and aria-describedby elements contents when attribute is added to role="dialog"

[lifter035]

Summary

JAWS 18 is not reading aria-labelledby and aria-describedby element contents when attribute is added to role="dialog"

1. Go to https://codepen.io/lifter035/project/full/AxKWap/
2. "Open dialog" button will be focused but JAWS will not announce even that (another issue?)
3. Activate the button to open dialog
4. Dialog will autofocus to first radio button in the group

Expected result

JAWS should announce dialog aria-labelledby and aria-describedby elements contents when dialog is shown (display:none; style changed to display:block;)

Actual result

JAWS is reading only focused radio button label
JAWS is reading only close button label if dialog opened via "Open dialog - focus on close" button
Also if I change role="dialog" to role="alertdialog" JAWS is announcing dialog title while dialog is still "display:none;"

JAWS version and build number

Example: JAWS 18.0.4104

Operating System and version

Example: Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation 64-bit

Browser and version:

Example: Internet Explorer 11 (haven't tested others)

[stevefaulkner]

Thanks @lifter035 I have been able to reproduce the bug in JAWS18+IE11. Having also tested with JAWS 16/17+IE11and found that I could not reproduce with those versions, it looks like it is a regression. I will file an internal bug on this and report back.

[lifter035]

Thanks @stevefaulkner

[stevefaulkner]

@lifter035 note: in your codepen the aria-describedby="decription" has an incorrect value, decription/description

[lifter035]

@stevefaulkner fixed now. It's still the same. One thing I noticed is that if I shift-tab out of the dialog, and then tab back to close button, then JAWS reads title and description now.
But if I tab out of dialog from Radio buttons and then Shift-TAB back to it which focuses current radio button, it doesn't read title or description

[stevefaulkner]

@lifter035 yes it does not change the result, the current JAWS behavior is somewhat funky and so will file a bug. Also there is another dialog issue #6

[stevefaulkner]

@lifter035 Internal bug filed - thanks!
Bug #96906 - accessible name and description not announced for role=dialog

[AariasPapa]

Is this issue related to JAWS18 in general or is it a Specific version of JAWS18 that has this issue. I am having the same issue where its not reading the aria-labledby and ria-describedby for role=dialog and role=alertdialog and trying to pin point the issue.

[ggordon-vispero]

This works for me with JAWS 2019 in IE, Chrome, and Firefox. I'm closing the issue.