ETL92: Accessibility: Inconsistency In The Calendar Widget Within ESS Time Tile - Screen Reader Mode (Doc ID 3004023.1)

Last updated on JUNE 05, 2024

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Symptoms

Inconsistency Issue I:
Expected Behavior:
When any user input control e.g. prompt, is selected then following two things are expected.
a) The focus remains on the control after user interaction. e.g. when value is selected from a drop down prompt the focus remains on prompt. It does not shift to any other control.
b) Screen Reader announces the value that is selected by user in the control e.g. when value is selected from a drop down Prompt, screen reader announces what was selected.
c) Placement and Behavior of a widget should be consistent on pages that are grouped together as part of same functionality.
d) Widget name should be announced in all browsers.

Actual Behavior:
1) Focus goes to banner region after user interacts with calendar widget or pervious button or next button. Focus should remain on the control that is selected.
2) The date value selected in the calendar widget is not announced and not displayed anywhere on the page (in previous page design this issue was not happening).
3) Implementation of Calendar Widget (Date Edit Box display with Calendar Prompt )should be consistent on Report Time, Enter Time, Manage Absences etc.
4) In Firefox browser Calendar button is announced as "button". (this is not in the recording but can be easily replicated)


Inconsistency Issue II:
Inconsistency Description:
1) Calendar Widget implementation is different on Enter Time and Time Summary Pages (Date Edit Box is not visible) compared to Manage Absence, Report Time, Report Leave, Weekly Time, Payable Time pages (Date Edit Box is visible).
2) After interacting with Calendar widget on Enter Time page if Tab key is pressed focus goes to banner buttons whereas on time Summary Page tab key focus remains on Calendar widget as expected.
3) On Report Time, Report Leave, Weekly Time pages when Tab key is pressed Focus skips Date Entry Edit box. It directly goes to Calendar Prompt, whereas on Payable Time and Manage Absence page the focus correctly goes to Date Entry Edit Box first and then to Calendar prompt.
4) On Time Summary page and Manage Absences page the back button correctly takes to Time Dashboard. However Enter Time, Report Time, Report Leave, Weekly Time, Payable Time pages back button incorrectly takes to Employee Self Service, though page is accessed from Time Dashboard.

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