JAWS does not announce description as associated with aria-describedby for a fieldset with text inputs

[alex-ju]

Summary

JAWS does not announce description as associated with aria-describedby for a fieldset that contains text inputs.

Example:

1. Go to https://codepen.io/alex-ju/full/KRQMvr/
2. Tab to an input inside the fieldset (i.e. the Street address input)

Expected result

We'd expect it to announce the description (basically to behave the same it does with a fieldset that contains radios or checkboxes - see example below)

1. Go to https://codepen.io/alex-ju/full/wjyrVe/
2. Tab to an input inside the fieldset (i.e. the Yes input)

Actual result

It doesn't announce the description.

Example

https://codepen.io/alex-ju/full/wjyrVe/

Additional Information

If role="group" is added to the fieldset, the description is being announced, but also the legend is being repeated which becomes too verbose.
https://codepen.io/alex-ju/full/PeQOOO/

We used this approach as a workaround in our code.

JAWS version and build number

JAWS 18.0.4534 and 17.0.2729

Operating System and version

Windows 10 Pro

Browser and version:

Internet Explorer (IE) 11.371

[mgifford]

I think we just ran into that issue here https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3013489#comment-12855984

[jducrot]

Confirmed on IE11 + JAWS 20

[stevefaulkner]

@BenKeyFSI please review and file on internal bugzilla, once done provide bug # and title here then close the issue.

[BenKeyFSI]

I have confirmed the original issue reported by @alex-ju. However, in JAWS 20 I am seeing slightly different results in the role="group" scenario. Alex reported that setting the role attribute to group for the fieldset causes the legend to be repeated when the Postcode field gains focus.

This is not happening in JAWS 2020.

[BenKeyFSI]

Reported this issue as Bug 114342 {JAWS does not announce description as associated with aria-describedby for a fieldset with text inputs} in BugZilla.