Hello,
I am visually impaired and use NVDA, a screen reader available at https://www.nvaccess.org. I have observed that within Thunderbird, specifically in saved searches and various dialogues such as offline sync management, the states of folders—whether selected or not—are not communicated to screen readers. I tested this using Narrator as well, which consistently reports folders as selected, even when this is inaccurate. I was able to reproduce this issue on Thunderbird 115 and am currently running version 140.5.0esr (64-bit).
To replicate the issue:
- Launch NVDA.
- Open Thunderbird.
- Create a saved search.
- Access the properties of the newly created folder.
- Click "Choose" and use the arrow keys to navigate; you will notice the selection state is not voiced.
- Perform the same steps under File and Offline dialogs—the behavior persists.
There is another area in Settings, possibly related to cache, where this issue may also occur, although I cannot recall the exact location at this time.
I would appreciate it if this matter could be investigated further.
Thank you very much.
