Accessibility: output terminals inaccessible.

[derekriemer]

• VSCode Version: Code - Insiders 1.18.0-insider (c098b39, 2017-10-12T05:24:34.433Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.15063
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
jshint	dba	0.10.15
python	don	0.7.0
cpptools	ms-	0.13.1
incremental-search	sie	0.2.1
code-spell-checker	str	1.4.8
JavaScriptSnippets	xab	1.5.0

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a new node.js project.
2. place this in .babelrc

   {
     "presets": ["env"]
   }
   

3. in package.jsonconfigure this.
   This is a sample package.json.

   {
     "name": "elizabot",
     "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "test",
     "main": "lib/index.js",
     "dependencies": {
       "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
       "jshint": "^2.9.5"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
       "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
       "build": "babel src -d lib",
       "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
     },
     "author": "",
     "license": "ISC"
   }
   

4. Now, type this in src/index.js

   you will fail to transpile!
   

5. Build. The program asks to configure default build task. If you use the node task, it'll work. My tasks.json is like this however.

   {
       // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
       // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "tasks": [
           {
               "type": "npm",
               "script": "build",
               "problemMatcher": [
                   "$eslint-compact"
               ]
           }
       ]
   }
   

Expected: With the NVDA screen reader running, vscode's output window is readable.

Actual: There's no text whatsoever visible with NVDA. However, if I OCR the whole window, text is visible in the console.
I've reproduced this with a python project with custom tasks.json as well.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[derekriemer]

This issue is a show stopper for blind developers who want to use tasks, and at least in previous builds of vscode, the tasks pannel used to be accessible.

[Tyriar]

Duplicate #8339 - we'll be working on this soon

[derekriemer]

Okay, thanks. I'll go subscribe there.