- `Kirigami.PlaceholderMessage` content isn't read by screen readers - `Kirigami.Action` that don't have a text property don't use the `Accessible.name` property when using a screen reader. STEPS TO REPRODUCE Can be seen in the kdeconnect-app when using a screen reader. Code for the app can be found here: https://github.com/KDE/kdeconnect-kde/blob/master/app/qml/
The issue with PlaceholderMessage is legit, but the issue with Action is a problem with client code. All Actions should have a text property even if it's not shown, for precisely this reason. And if they don't or can't, they should have Accessible.name set instead. All of those need to happen in client code, not in Kirigami. I'll see about fixing up PlaceholderMessage.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/merge_requests/1482
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/merge_requests/1073
> And if they don't or can't, they should have Accessible.name set instead. Yeah, the bug is about Accessible.name not being honored.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/merge_requests/1523
Git commit a133a5ca6fe718ef033ce22b7a566a257966c6ae by Aleix Pol. Committed on 23/04/2024 at 10:12. Pushed by carlschwan into branch 'master'. PageRow: Fix parent of Component-based pages By using a non-graphical item we were leaving the page outside of the scene and were getting a warning such as: QML FindDevicesPage: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene. This made the pages misregister in the accessibility infrastructure too, making certain elements not be adequately registered in there. M +2 -1 src/controls/PageRow.qml https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/commit/a133a5ca6fe718ef033ce22b7a566a257966c6ae
My change exposed it to systems but it still wasn't getting read by Orca. Needs to be announced explicitly.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/merge_requests/1556
Git commit 4fadd6c1e7425140abd52b9bda956dfc8adcb0b9 by Aleix Pol Gonzalez, on behalf of Aleix Pol. Committed on 03/06/2024 at 21:33. Pushed by apol into branch 'master'. PlaceholderMessage: Announce the text and description to a11y When a placeholder appears, announce its message. It's important so that the placeholder doesn't go unnoticed to our a11y system. Depends on: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtdeclarative/+/562107 M +15 -0 src/controls/PlaceholderMessage.qml https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/commit/4fadd6c1e7425140abd52b9bda956dfc8adcb0b9