Testing task: Read an unchecked checkbox in reading mode

With JAWS in reading mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task "When the reading cursor is on the first checkbox, read the first checkbox"

Test instructions

  1. Restore default settings for JAWS. For help, read Configuring Screen Readers for Testing.
  2. Activate the "Open test page" button below, which opens the example to test in a new window and runs a script that sets focus on the first checkbox.
  3. Verify the Virtual Cursor is active by pressing Alt+Delete. If it is not, exit Forms Mode to activate the Virtual Cursor by pressing Escape.
  4. When the reading cursor is on the first checkbox, read the first checkbox
  5. Using the following commands, When the reading cursor is on the first checkbox, read the first checkbox
    • Insert+Tab
    • Insert+Up

Success Criteria

To pass this test, JAWS needs to meet all the following assertions when each specified command is executed:

  1. Role 'checkbox' is conveyed
  2. Name 'Lettuce' is conveyed
  3. State of the checkbox (not checked) is conveyed

Record Results

Read an unchecked checkbox in reading mode

After 'Insert+Tab'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'checkbox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name 'Lettuce' is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the checkbox (not checked) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Insert+Up'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'checkbox' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name 'Lettuce' is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the checkbox (not checked) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors