Testing task: Read information about a menu item

Describe how VoiceOver for macOS behaves when performing task "With focus on the 'W3C Home Page' menu item, read information about the item."

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 opens the menu, and sets focus on 'W3C Home Page'.
  3. Toggle Quick Nav OFF by pressing the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys at the same time.
  4. With focus on the 'W3C Home Page' menu item, read information about the item.
  5. Using the following commands, With focus on the 'W3C Home Page' menu item, read information about the item.
    • 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 focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed
  2. Name of the focus item, 'W3C Home Page', is conveyed
  3. Position of the focused item in the menu (1) is conveyed
  4. Number of items in the menu (6) is conveyed

Record Results

Read information about a menu item

After 'Control+Option+F3'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role of the focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the focus item, 'W3C Home Page', 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 (6) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Control+Option+F4'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Role of the focused item, 'menu item', is conveyed(required: mark output)
Name of the focus item, 'W3C Home Page', 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 (6) is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors