topic Re: Search Suggestion dropdown and Screen Readers in Accessibility Questions

Search Suggestion dropdown and Screen Readers

RossFindlayCOC — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:57:48 GMT

I have a Zone Lookup App and wanted to know if this issues can be remedied in a future update?

If I type 110 into the Search Bar of the app the locator provides suggestions. However, while the arrow keys move focus, the screen readers does not announce suggestions.

The list box, options, or roles may not be programmatically exposed, so screen readers do not detect or announce them.

JAWS: Does not read any suggestion list items.
NVDA: Announce only typed keyword (e.g., “110”) for all items in the list. Does not announce full address so users cannot tell the difference. It only repeats what is already typed in the search

Re: Search Suggestion dropdown and Screen Readers

GlenterpriseUK — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:44:03 GMT

Hi @RossFindlayCOC,

Can you get in touch with Technical Support and someone will be able to go through this with you.

Regards,

Glen

Re: Search Suggestion dropdown and Screen Readers

chenrick — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:11:09 GMT

Hi @RossFindlayCOC I've confirmed the issue you've reported when using NVDA and forwarded it to the team responsible (Esri's Calcite Components team) who will be looking into remedying it in a future release. Thanks for reporting this, we appreciate your feedback.

- Chris