Advanced Screen Reader Readability on Fabric

[chiaramooney]

Add support for additional react-native props that provide additional, richer information to ATs about the focused control in specific scenarios.

React Native Core Accessibility Props

Task	Description	Status
accessibilityState	Add support for the accessibilityState prop on Fabric	Not Started, Est. < 1 week
accessibilityActions	Add support for accessibiliyActions.	Not Started, Est. 1-2 weeks
accessibilityRole/role	Add support for accessibilityRole/role.	Completed #11876
accessibilityPosInSet [Windows Only]	Add support for accessibilityPosInSet prop.
accessibilitySetSize [Windows Only]	Add support for accessibilitySetSize prop.
accessibilityLabeledBy (Android-only in core)	Add support for accessibilityLabeledBy prop.
nativeId (for use with LabeledBy)	Add support for nativeId prop.
accessibilityHint	Add support for accessibilityHint prop.	#12036
accessibilityValue	Add support for accessibilityValue prop.
accessibilityLiveRegion / aria-live	Add support for accessibilityLiveRegion/aria-live prop.
importantForAccessibility	Add support for importantForAccessibility	Not Started, Est. 2+ weeks

UIA Properties

Note there are many other UIA types captured in this list. We will grow the list as we learn which additional data types we need to support for our controls.

Task	Description	Status
Name	UIA should have Name data for every component.	#12030 (partial), #12186
ControlType	UIA should have ControlType data for every component.	#11876
LocalizedControlType	UIA should have LocalizedControlType data for every component.	Completed
IsKeyboardFocusable	UIA should have IsKeyboardFocusable data for every component.	#11674
BoundingRectangle	UIA should have BoundingRectangle data for every component.	#11508
AccessKey	UIA can have AccessKey for a component.
AcceleratorKey	UIA should have AcceleratorKey data for every component.
HelpText	UIA should have HelpText data for every component.	#12186
PositionInSet	UIA should have PositionInSet data for components that are a part of a set. Tracking issue for accessibilityPosInSet
SizeOfSet	UIA should have SizeOfSet data for components that are a part of a set. Tracking issue for accessibilitySetSize

Tasks

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1. Add support for the accessibilityState prop on Fabric #13327
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
2. Add Support for accessibiliyActions #13316
   Area: Accessibility Area: Fabric New Architecture Parity: Fabric vs. Paper enhancement +5
3. Add support for accessibilityPosInSet [Windows Only] #12511
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
4. Add support for accessibilitySetSize [Windows Only] #12512
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
5. Add support for accessibilityLabeledBy (Android-only in core) #12513
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
6. Add support for nativeId (for use with LabeledBy) #12514
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
7. [Fabric] Add accessibilityHint support to UIA tree #12036
   +0
8. Add support for accessibilityValue #12510
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
9. Add support for accessibilityLiveRegion / aria-live #12515
   Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
10. Name
11. <https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows/issues/12516> #12517
    +0
12. Implement getBoundingRect and ElementProviderFromPoint for Fabric #11508 BoundingRectangle
13. Add support for the accessibilityAccessKey Prop [Win32 Only] #13348
    Area: Accessibility Area: Keyboard New Architecture enhancement +4
14. Add support for AcceleratorKey #12518
    Area: Accessibility enhancement +2
15. HelpText
16. Add support for LocalizedControlType