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NVDA screen-reader reads url from href after clicking an anchor tag in Firefox

I have this item on a page <a role="option" href="[looong url]">My Item</a>

After clicking on this item in Firefox in regular mode NVDA reads:

document busy

[looong url from browser's address bar]

application

My Item

When I click on the item again it doesn't read the url (desired behavior):

document busy

blank

application

My Item

In the meantime when I do the same thing in Firefox in private mode it reads every time as expected:

document busy

blank

application

My Item

Is that an expected difference in FF behavior for regular and private modes?

Solution

  • As per NVDA developers forum it is a Firefox issue related to browser's inconsistency in private and regular mode while reading the same page by a screen-reader.

    https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/6573

    Thus the question might be closed.