Testing task: Read information about a listbox popup

Describe how VoiceOver for macOS behaves when performing task "with focus on the listbox popup, read information about the listbox popup."

Test instructions

  1. Restore default settings for VoiceOver for macOS. 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 and expands the Combobox.
  3. Toggle Quick Nav OFF by pressing the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys at the same time.
  4. with focus on the listbox popup, read information about the listbox popup.
  5. Using the following commands, with focus on the listbox popup, read information about the listbox popup.
    • Control+Option+F3
    • Control+Option+F4

Success Criteria

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

  1. Role of the popup ('listbox') is conveyed
  2. Name of the popup ('Favorite Fruit') is conveyed
  3. Text of the focused option in the popup ('Choose a Fruit') is conveyed
  4. State of the focused option in the popup (selected) is not conveyed
  5. Position of the focused option in the popup (1) is conveyed
  6. Number of options in the popup (13) is conveyed

Record Results

Read information about a listbox popup

After 'Control+Option+F3'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role of the popup ('listbox') is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the popup ('Favorite Fruit') is conveyed(required: mark output)
Text of the focused option in the popup ('Choose a Fruit') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the focused option in the popup (selected) is not conveyed(required: mark output)
Position of the focused option in the popup (1) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Number of options in the popup (13) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Control+Option+F4'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role of the popup ('listbox') is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the popup ('Favorite Fruit') is conveyed(required: mark output)
Text of the focused option in the popup ('Choose a Fruit') is conveyed(required: mark output)
State of the focused option in the popup (selected) is not conveyed(required: mark output)
Position of the focused option in the popup (1) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Number of options in the popup (13) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors