The description for the link field is redundant in the aural interface for voiceover

Created on 26 June 2025, about 1 month ago

Problem/Motivation

If you get the link field announced in voiceover (see and hear in redundant_link_desc.mp4) the description gets announced twice if the url field is in focus and once again when the link text field is in focus.

tested on macos sequoia 15.5

Steps to reproduce

  • add the link field to a content type
  • visit that node edit form and activate voiceover in case you have a mac

Proposed resolution

announce the description only once for the URL field - the behavior firefox and edge show with voiceover as well for example

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

Introduced terminology

API changes

Data model changes

Release notes snippet

๐Ÿ› Bug report
Status

Active

Version

11.0 ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Component

link.module

Created by

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany rkoller Nรผrnberg, Germany

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  • Issue created by @rkoller
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada mgifford Ottawa, Ontario

    Nobody likes to hear something twice. Removing redundant information for screen readers is an important part of usability for people with disabilities.

    https://www.boia.org/blog/why-repetition-is-frustrating-for-screen-reade...

  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada mgifford Ottawa, Ontario

    Now I'm not sure, but I just tried this and wasn't able to replicate it.

    In your video it is easy to see the duplication.

    I couldn't see it when I explored it locally:

    I think this will required more steps for testing.

  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States katannshaw Kansas

    @rkoller I had the same experience as @mgifford in that the link description text did not repeat in VoiceOver for me. Here's my system info:

    MacBook Pro 2023 64GB
    macOS Sequoia 15.5

    And here's the screenshot:

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany rkoller Nรผrnberg, Germany

    thanks to you two for cross checking. out of curiosity when going into the "voice over utility" and there under verbosity in the speech tab, which option have you picked for the default speech verbosity? mine is set to high.

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