bug(mat-select): Screen reader announce selected option twice

[angelbello87]

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

No response

Description

after selecting an option from the mat-select dropdown NVDA will announce the selection name twice
This happens with out of the box component or after adding the matSelectAccessibility class to the mat-select tag

Reproduction

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to https://material.angular.io/components/select/overview using Chrome or Edge
2. Open NVDA or Narrator
3. Navigate to the dropdown with the keyboard
4. Activate dropdown with the keyboard
5. Select an element from the dropdown with the keyboard

Expected Behavior

It should announce the selected component only once

Actual Behavior

It announces the selected component 2 times

Environment

• Angular: 14.1.1
• CDK/Material: versions 13.2.3 and 15.1.3
• Browser(s): Edge and Chrome
• Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): Windows

[zarend]

Hello,

Thank you for reporting this issue. I wouldn’t expect this issue to block users from completing a workflow. For that reason, I’m updating the priority to P3. Please let us know if you have further concerns concerns and feel free to react with “👍” if you are impacted.

Best,
Zach

[angelbello87]

Hello Zach,
Thanks for the feedback. Just FYI I'm impacted

Best,
Angel

[lm632678]

Hello @zarend ,

Has this issue been fixed？

Best,
Lumin

[harish-byralingaiah]

Any update on the issue fix?

[zarend]

Hello, this is on my radar, but I haven't gotten to it yet. I have a fix in progress that requires me to test it cross browser with our supported screen readers. That way we know the fix is safe.

-Zach