Bug 508485

Summary:	"Brightness and Color" list view not properly read by screen readers
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Ritchie Frodomar <ritchie>
Component:	Brightness and Color widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdedev, natalie_clarius, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	accessibility
Version First Reported In:	6.4.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Ritchie Frodomar 2025-08-19 17:46:24 UTC

SUMMARY
The list view inside the "Brightness and Color" flyout doesn't handle keyboard navigation properly when using screen readers, leading to it not being read aloud correctly.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start orca
2. Focus on a panel with a system tray
3. Open the "Brightness and Color" tray icon
4. Try to navigate through the list of items.

OBSERVED RESULT
I hear "Page Tab," followed by the currently selected item in the list view. The items themselves are properly labelled, but if I then navigate to one of the other items in the list, orca never reads the newly focused item aloud.

EXPECTED RESULT
I should hear the focused list item read aloud when I switch between items using my keyboard, not just when first opening the menu.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Plasma 6.4.4 on Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I wasn't entirely correct that all items are labelled properly. While Night Light is, my TV brightness is never read to me. I should hear the model of my TV followed by its current brightness, but never actually do. Instead, it's as if orca is never informed that the flyout is in focus at all.

Furthermore, while I can nudge the slider with my arrow keys, I'm never informed that the brightness has changed. I can see it with my eyes but it is never spoken.