Testing task: Trigger a meter update in interaction mode

With JAWS in interaction mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task "With focus on the 'Change Value' button, activate the button to trigger a meter update."

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 'Change Value' button.
  3. Verify the PC Cursor is active by pressing Alt+Delete. If it is not, turn off the Virtual Cursor by pressing Insert+Z.
  4. With focus on the 'Change Value' button, activate the button to trigger a meter update.
  5. Using the following commands, With focus on the 'Change Value' button, activate the button to trigger a meter update.
    • Space
    • Enter

Success Criteria

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

  1. Updated value is not conveyed; the screen reader stays silent

Record Results

Trigger a meter update in interaction mode

After 'Space'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Updated value is not conveyed; the screen reader stays silent(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors





After 'Enter'

AssertionSuccess caseFailure cases
Updated value is not conveyed; the screen reader stays silent(required: mark output)
Were there additional undesirable behaviors?(required)
Undesirable behaviors