ComboBox popup accessibility issue - JAWS announces the Popup as "dialog"

napajejenunedk0

Hello, all.

If one creates a ComboBox and puts as a popup a Popup instance containing a ListView, JAWS not only announces the ListView control as a "listbox" or "list" in the case of Windows' Narrator, but announces the Popup which turns out that it is actually a controller/manager type but not a UI element and thus one should be prohibited from customizing the Accessible attached property for it. Well, the same way as JAWS announces the Popup as a "dialog" by mistake, I can easily set the Accessible attached property to the Popup instance and JAWS would take these changes into account. Yes, I receive the issue:

Test.qml:12:34: QML Dialog: Accessible must be attached to an Item
<Warn> [6316:0x67ec][]main.cpp:180 handleQtOutput::QTLog 1 default qrc:/Test.qml:12:34: QML Dialog: Accessible must be attached to an Item

but still it is taken into account. My assumption here is that Qt is doing something wrong and leaks accessibility data out of the Popup. JAWS just reveals this issue and Qt furthermore confirms it by allowing you to partially configure the Accessible attached property. Why partially? Because you cannot set Accessible.ignored: true. It is not taken into account and JAWS would still spell "dialog". Tried changing the popupType - disallowed by Qt. Changed the Popup to Dialog - same announcement. Any ideas would be accepted.

SGaist

Hi,

Which version of Qt is it ?
On which version of Windows ?
Which version of JAWS ?

napajejenunedk0

Qt 6.5.3.16
Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 22631.4602
JAWS 2025.2412.50