Testing task: Open a menu in reading mode

With JAWS in reading mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task "With the reading cursor on the 'Actions' menu button, open the menu."

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 menu button.
  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. With the reading cursor on the 'Actions' menu button, open the menu.
  5. Using the following commands, With the reading cursor on the 'Actions' menu button, open the menu.
    • Space
    • Enter

Success Criteria

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

  1. Role 'menu' is conveyed
  2. Name 'Actions' is conveyed
  3. Role of the focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed
  4. Name of the focused item, 'Action 1', is conveyed
  5. Position of the focused item in the menu (1) is conveyed
  6. Number of items in the menu (4) is conveyed

Record Results

Open a menu in reading mode

After 'Space'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'menu' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name 'Actions' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Role of the focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the focused item, 'Action 1', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Position of the focused item in the menu (1) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Number of items in the menu (4) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Enter'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role 'menu' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name 'Actions' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Role of the focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the focused item, 'Action 1', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Position of the focused item in the menu (1) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Number of items in the menu (4) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors