[Accessibility]: Terminal output is not read in real time on Mac for VoiceOver

[jooyoungseo]

CC @isidorn

I have tried VSCode terminal on Mac with accessibility setting being turned on.
Currently, terminal live region output
is not read by VoiceOver in realtime.
I have tested this with the latest VSCode released version as well as the latest insider version.

[isidorn]

@jooyoungseo thanks for filling this issue, and sorry for the slow response I was on vacation.

For me the content of the terminal nicely gets read out on my mac.
Do you have exact reproducable steps for this? Can you still reproduce this with latest insiders?

Assigning to @Tyriar and @meganrogge for terminal.

[vscodenpa]

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Happy Coding!

[Tyriar]

Related: #144928

[meganrogge]

document.activeElement.parentElement.classList.contains('xterm-accessibility-tree') is false here when it should be true

[meganrogge]

sometimes it does work though 🤔

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[meganrogge]

On Windows, it reads "list item 12 of 13" etc. instead of the text content

[meganrogge]

@jooyoungseo does this always reproduce for you? It happens intermittently for me.

[Tyriar]

Upstream issue: xtermjs/xterm.js#3247

[Tyriar]

Prototype for new view that could replace navigation mode all together: xtermjs/xterm.js#4340

[meganrogge]

will be fixed with #169853

[jooyoungseo]

I believe the new prototype using contenteditable will be a game changer! Blind programmers used to rely on an external terminal due to inconvenient integrated terminal navigation. Looking forward to it!

[Tyriar]

@jooyoungseo great to hear that, let us know when it ends up shipping 🙂