Steps to reproduce:
Note: this began with NVDA 2023.2. This was not how 2023.1 reported when "report role" was enabled.
Set the NVDA Mouse Settings, check the "Report Role when mouse enteres object" checkbox. I have tried paragraph and word (I think, it might have been line) text resolutions and the behavior was the same with either one.
Navigate to any page that contains classic web controls including buttons, links, and checkboxes.
Move the mouse pointer directly to the center of a button, with the pointer tip alighting on the button text. You will hear the word, "Text," followed by the text that's on the button, its label. The same thing occurs for links, where you will hear, "text," followed by the link text (most often hyperlink click-through text rather than a naked URL). If you take the tip of the mouse pointer and alight on a checkbox, NVDA announces "checkbox" and nothing regarding either its state or its label text.
In the case of buttons, if you move the mouse ever so slightly off the text, but within the perimeter of the button, you hear nothing but "button."
Please also see the topic on the NVDA Group entitled, Possible 2023.2 bug with NVDA Mouse Tracking with the option to Report role on mouse entry enabled. Specifically, see message #110969
Actual behavior:
Described in steps to reproduce.
Expected behavior:
When I have the mouse pointer tip stop over a control, when report role is enabled, I do not expect the label for that control to be treated as disjoint from that control. This is not how it's treated if you come to alight on the same thing in browse mode. I expect for a button to hear something like, "OK button," whether I land on it in browse mode or have my mouse pointer over when mouse tracking is on and report role active. The same applies to links/hyperlinks and checkboxes. I should be hearing the same thing upon mouse pointer coming to point to a control that I would were I to land upon the same in browse mode. If I have a hyperlink with the text, "Hey, you!," NVDA should say, "Link, Hey you!," not, "Text, Hey you!" For any checkbox at a minimum what it is, along with its label text, need to be announced and, ideally, it would be nice if its state were announced like it is in browse mode, too. Hearing, "checkbox" and nothing more tells me nothing I don't know, because I am sighted, but it also provides no practically useful information for the low-vision user, either.
NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:
N/A
System configuration
NVDA installed/portable/running from source:
Installed NVDA
NVDA version:
2023.2
Windows version:
Windows 11, Version 22H2
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
I have reproduced this behavior in Edge and Vivaldi browsers in the Amazon.com website, the Groups.io web interface when composing replies, and even here in the GitHub page where I'm entering this issue. Pointing to the "Submit new issue" button has NVDA reading, "Text, submit new issue." If I move the mouse off of the text but within the button perimeter I get, "button." The hyperlink a the top of the page with the text "choose a different type" reads, "text, choose a different type," rather than, "link, choose a different type." I am currently using Vivaldi.
Note, one interesting thing I just found is that NVDA is not doing this for its own buttons. I just hit NVDA + Q to close NVDA, and when I point my mouse to either the OK or Cancel buttons in the exit dialog I get, "Button, OK," and "Button, cancel" respectively. The combo box also is announced as "Combo box, what would you like to do," followed by "Exit" since that's what's selected in the combo box.
Other information about your system:
LG Gram 16, i5-12th gen processor, 16 GB RAM
Other questions
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
Yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
NVDA 2023.1, several days ago before updating. It was reporting the object type/role along with the label text associated with the object.
If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
Yes
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
Yes
Steps to reproduce:
Note: this began with NVDA 2023.2. This was not how 2023.1 reported when "report role" was enabled.
Set the NVDA Mouse Settings, check the "Report Role when mouse enteres object" checkbox. I have tried paragraph and word (I think, it might have been line) text resolutions and the behavior was the same with either one.
Navigate to any page that contains classic web controls including buttons, links, and checkboxes.
Move the mouse pointer directly to the center of a button, with the pointer tip alighting on the button text. You will hear the word, "Text," followed by the text that's on the button, its label. The same thing occurs for links, where you will hear, "text," followed by the link text (most often hyperlink click-through text rather than a naked URL). If you take the tip of the mouse pointer and alight on a checkbox, NVDA announces "checkbox" and nothing regarding either its state or its label text.
In the case of buttons, if you move the mouse ever so slightly off the text, but within the perimeter of the button, you hear nothing but "button."
Please also see the topic on the NVDA Group entitled, Possible 2023.2 bug with NVDA Mouse Tracking with the option to Report role on mouse entry enabled. Specifically, see message #110969
Actual behavior:
Described in steps to reproduce.
Expected behavior:
When I have the mouse pointer tip stop over a control, when report role is enabled, I do not expect the label for that control to be treated as disjoint from that control. This is not how it's treated if you come to alight on the same thing in browse mode. I expect for a button to hear something like, "OK button," whether I land on it in browse mode or have my mouse pointer over when mouse tracking is on and report role active. The same applies to links/hyperlinks and checkboxes. I should be hearing the same thing upon mouse pointer coming to point to a control that I would were I to land upon the same in browse mode. If I have a hyperlink with the text, "Hey, you!," NVDA should say, "Link, Hey you!," not, "Text, Hey you!" For any checkbox at a minimum what it is, along with its label text, need to be announced and, ideally, it would be nice if its state were announced like it is in browse mode, too. Hearing, "checkbox" and nothing more tells me nothing I don't know, because I am sighted, but it also provides no practically useful information for the low-vision user, either.
NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:
N/A
System configuration
NVDA installed/portable/running from source:
Installed NVDA
NVDA version:
2023.2
Windows version:
Windows 11, Version 22H2
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
I have reproduced this behavior in Edge and Vivaldi browsers in the Amazon.com website, the Groups.io web interface when composing replies, and even here in the GitHub page where I'm entering this issue. Pointing to the "Submit new issue" button has NVDA reading, "Text, submit new issue." If I move the mouse off of the text but within the button perimeter I get, "button." The hyperlink a the top of the page with the text "choose a different type" reads, "text, choose a different type," rather than, "link, choose a different type." I am currently using Vivaldi.
Note, one interesting thing I just found is that NVDA is not doing this for its own buttons. I just hit NVDA + Q to close NVDA, and when I point my mouse to either the OK or Cancel buttons in the exit dialog I get, "Button, OK," and "Button, cancel" respectively. The combo box also is announced as "Combo box, what would you like to do," followed by "Exit" since that's what's selected in the combo box.
Other information about your system:
LG Gram 16, i5-12th gen processor, 16 GB RAM
Other questions
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
Yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
NVDA 2023.1, several days ago before updating. It was reporting the object type/role along with the label text associated with the object.
If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
Yes
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
Yes