Testing task: Read disabled menu item in reading mode

With JAWS in reading mode, describe how JAWS behaves when performing task " Read the 'Smaller' menu item"

Test instructions

1. Restore default settings for JAWS. For help, read Configuring Screen Readers for Testing.
2. Activate the "Open test page" button below, which opens the example to test in a new window and runs a script that sets focus on a link just before the menubar.
3. Verify the Virtual Cursor is active by pressing Alt+Delete. If it is not, turn on the Virtual Cursor by pressing Insert+Z.
4. Tab to 'Text Formatting' menubar.
5. Navigate to 'Size' menu item with right arrow.
6. Open 'Size' menu with down arrow.
7. Navigate to 'X-Small' with down arrow.
8. Activate 'X-Small'. with Enter.
9. Open 'Size' menu with down arrow.
10. Activate the screen reader reading cursor.
11. Read the 'Smaller' menu item
12. Using the following commands, Read the 'Smaller' menu item
    • Insert+Tab
    • Insert+Up

Success Criteria

To pass this test, JAWS needs to meet all the following assertions when each specified command is executed:

1. The name 'Smaller' is conveyed
2. The role 'menu item' is conveyed
3. The disabled state is conveyed
4. The position of the item and number of items in the menu are conveyed

Record Results

Read disabled menu item in reading mode