Steps to reproduce (on Linux): 1) start the Orca screen reader 2) start LO Writer with the gtk3 VCL plugin (SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3) 3) make sure the sidebar is active and the "Styles" deck is active 4) press F6 until focus is in the sidebar 5) press Tab key until focus is on the "Paragraph Styles" button 6) press right arrow key to move between to the other styles categories ("Character Styles", "Frame Styles",...) Actual result: In step 5, Orca just says "Toggle button, pressed", giving the user no clue what this button is about. Similarly, in step 6, Orca just says "Toggle button, not pressed" for the other buttons. Expected result: Orca should announce what these buttons are for, so the user knows what they're for and how to switch to the style category of interest. It should e.g. say "Paragraph Styles, Toggle button, pressed" in step 5. The problem is that no accessible name is set for those buttons when using the gtk3 VCL plugin. Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 08e40accb3fabe676746c40797efc20eaa218801 CPU threads: 32; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Michael Weghorn committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/6f441eba260db39df386c46c5ee7492e79e25c8c tdf#165002 sidebar a11y: Set a11y names for styles tool buttons It will be available in 25.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Michael Weghorn committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/8b221ecd50d2bd7ce84874333c06068e45c774cd tdf#165002 sidebar a11y: Set a11y names for "Styles" toolbar items in .ui It will be available in 25.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Michael Weghorn committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/bd9666444d0b914d4102a4ce9446148d7e258a0c tdf#165002 sidebar a11y: Set a11y name on sidebar deck buttons It will be available in 25.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Michael Weghorn committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/041bf4d58d99893088138a4c614d867718f1346a tdf#165002 sidebar a11y: Set a11y names for styles tool buttons It will be available in 25.2.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.