Testing task: Read menu item in reading mode

With JAWS in reading mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task " Read 'Size' menu item"

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
  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. Navigate to the 'Text Formatting' menubar.
  5. Navigate to the size menu item in the menubar.
  6. Read 'Size' menu item
  7. Using the following commands, Read 'Size' menu item
    • 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. The name 'Size' is conveyed
  2. Availability of a submenu is conveyed
  3. Closed state of the submenu is conveyed
  4. The position of the item and number of items in the menubar are conveyed
  5. The role 'menu item' is conveyed

Record Results

Read menu item in reading mode

After 'Insert+Tab'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
The name 'Size' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Availability of a submenu is conveyed(required: mark output)
Closed state of the submenu is conveyed(required: mark output)
The position of the item and number of items in the menubar are conveyed(required: mark output)
The role 'menu item' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Insert+Up'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
The name 'Size' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Availability of a submenu is conveyed(required: mark output)
Closed state of the submenu is conveyed(required: mark output)
The position of the item and number of items in the menubar are conveyed(required: mark output)
The role 'menu item' is conveyed(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors