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Select: VoiceOver doesn't announce anything when Select popover is expanded on Safari #10844
Description
Provide a general summary of the issue here
Nothing is announced when the user expand the Select popover on MacOS Safari with VoiceOver enabled.
🤔 Expected Behavior?
When the Select popover is opened, it should announce the items count and the first item label as it does in other browsers like Edge and Chrome.
😯 Current Behavior
When the Select popover is opened, nothing is announced.
💁 Possible Solution
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🔦 Context
The user should get a feedback from opening the Select popover, giving them context for the next iteraction.
🖥️ Steps to Reproduce
- Open Safari on MacOS
- Navigate to https://react-aria.adobe.com/Select
- Enable VoiceOver
- Focus on the Favorite Animal Select input
- Press spacebar to expand the popover
Version
react-aria@3.53.1
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
Safari
If other, please specify.
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What operating system are you using?
MacOS
🧢 Your Company/Team
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🕷 Tracking Issue
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Activity
[-]Select: VoiceOver doesn't announce anything when popover is opened on Safari[/-][+]Select: VoiceOver doesn't announce anything when Select popover is expanded on Safari[/+]yihuiliao commentedon Oct 27, 2026
Seems similar to #10641 where I noted:
I can confirm that it doesn't work on Safari 26 but it'd be helpful for someone to test it on Safari 27.
reidbarber commentedon Oct 27, 2026
Confirmed it doesn't work on Safari 27 either.
snowystinger commentedon Oct 30, 2026
You should use Ctrl+Opt+Space (also annotated as
VO+Space) to open it. This is known to improve VO announcements and we shouldn't try to compensate for them generally when theVO+works just fine.This works for me in MacOS Safari 27