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fix(web): NVDA browse mode reads the current thread's branch, not the previous one - #34446
With NVDA, the branch combobox in the thread details panel often keeps reading the previous thread's branch after a thread switch, even though the screen shows the right one. The control also has no name, and long branch names are read with a break in the middle. Details and reproduction steps are in #34436.
The trigger is a <button role="combobox"> with no label, so the branch text inside it is exposed as the combobox's value. NVDA's browse mode keeps a cached copy of a combobox and only re-reads it when something on the control itself changes, not when the text inside it does. It looks intermittent because the trigger is briefly disabled while a thread's branch list loads, and that does refresh NVDA.
Change
The trigger gets aria-label="Branch: <branch>", which changes with the branch, and the visible text is hidden from assistive tech so the branch is not read twice. Browse mode now reads the current thread's branch, names the control "Branch", and reads long branch names in one piece.
The same trigger is used in the composer strip, so that is covered too. Nothing changes visually.
This is a very small, focused fix for an obvious bug: two attributes on one control, with no behavior change for sighted users and no change to branch operations or product defaults. I filed #34436 for it today; it has not been triaged yet.
Verification
Environment: Windows 11, NVDA 2026.3.1 in Windows Sandbox, Chromium 151, web client from vp run dev with a copy of real thread data.
Two threads, A on master and B on t3/fix-slider-action-touch-lag. Visit A, visit B, go back to A, then read the combobox in browse mode.
NVDA browse mode on thread A
Before
Version Control region combo box collapsed opens dialog t 3 slash fix-slider-action- touch-lag
After
Version Control region Branch: master combo box collapsed opens dialog
After the fix, browse mode and focus gave the same branch on four switches in a row, including a switch to a draft thread in another project.
Before settling on this, I tried the options in a standalone copy of the markup. A static aria-label="Branch" stayed stale; only a label that changes with the branch refreshed NVDA.
The other controls in the panel (run context, Git actions, Changes) already updated correctly and are untouched.
vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, react compiler).
No test added: an attribute assertion would not show what NVDA's browse mode reads. The rendered UI is unchanged, so the captures below show NVDA's speech instead.
Captures
Recorded with NVDA's Speech Viewer on screen, so each line NVDA speaks appears as text. These use two throwaway demo repos: Thread A on main, Thread B on feature/screen-reader-branch-combobox-refresh. Each recording reads the combobox on A, switches to B, switches back to A, and reads it again in browse mode. The environment name in the panel is masked.
Before (main): back on Thread A the panel shows main, but NVDA reads Thread B's branch, split in two: "combo box collapsed opens dialog feature/screen-reader-branch-combobox- ...refresh". Recording (55 s)
After (this PR): NVDA reads "Branch: main combo box collapsed opens dialog" on Thread A, and Thread B's long branch name in one piece. Recording (55 s)
The files are on a separate branch of my fork that is not part of this PR.
Not checked: JAWS, Narrator, VoiceOver, the Electron desktop shell, and the composer-strip copy of the trigger with NVDA (same component, checked by reading the code only). I did not hear NVDA announce the picker opening after the fix, so that is unconfirmed by speech; the change adds no handlers.
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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The branch selector now exposes its current label directly to screen readers while hiding duplicate visual text from the accessibility tree. The change is confined to accessibility presentation and leaves branch operations and product defaults unchanged.
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The branch selector trigger now has an accessible name that follows its current branch label. The visible branch text is hidden from assistive technology.
Changes: Branch selector accessibility
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Summary
Accessible branch name apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx
The trigger receives an aria-label based on triggerLabel. Its visible branch label is marked aria-hidden.
This change improves the screen-reader label on the branch selector with no visual or functional change. No merge-blocking risk was found.
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The title names the main change: NVDA browse mode now reads the current thread's branch instead of the previous one. It uses a conventional commit prefix and fits the linked issue #34436 and the aria-…
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The description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each one has real content. It states the bug and root cause, gives the aria-label change,…
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Issue #34436 requires three things on the shared branch combobox trigger: (1) browse mode must read the current thread's branch after a thread switch, (2) the control must have an accessible name, and…
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The whole-PR diff touches only apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx, with about +8/-1 lines. The added aria-label and the aria-hidden on the visible branch text directly impleme…
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The title names the main change: NVDA browse mode now reads the current thread's branch instead of the previous one. It uses a conventional commit prefix and fits the linked issue #34436 and the aria-label change in BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx. It is specific and accurate, and it is not vague.
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The description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections, and each one has real content. It states the bug and root cause, gives the aria-label change, links issue #34436 and explains why there is no issue-free exception, and reports concrete verification (NVDA version, environment, before/after captures, check:changed passing). It also lists what was not checked and explains why no test was added. The description does not name the model and harness used, which the template asks for when an agent was used. The description says it was created with Claude Code and gives a model name, so that item is covered. Overall the description is mostly complete and clear.
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Issue #34436 requires three things on the shared branch combobox trigger: (1) browse mode must read the current thread's branch after a thread switch, (2) the control must have an accessible name, and (3) long branch names must not be split. The whole-PR diff (merge base 6b47939 to head 8fadf5b) adds aria-label={Branch: ${triggerLabel}} to the ComboboxTrigger in apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx. The label changes with the branch, which addresses the stale-cache cause described in the issue. It also gives the control a name, covering requirement (2). The MiddleTruncate element, which renders the two-span split, is set to aria-hidden. The assistive technology therefore receives the full label once, covering requirement (3). The same component serves the composer strip, so that trigger is covered as well. The issue does not require an automated test. NVDA speech behavior cannot be confirmed from source alone. The code change is complete for the stated requirements.
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The whole-PR diff touches only apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx, with about +8/-1 lines. The added aria-label and the aria-hidden on the visible branch text directly implement #34436. The added code comment documents why the attribute is present. The diff does not change branch operations, product defaults, or visual rendering. No unrelated changes were found.
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Add a branch-switch regression test.
Switch between threads with different resolved branches. Assert that the trigger’s accessible name and aria-label update to include the current, full branch name.
Keep the manual NVDA check. A browser test cannot verify browse-mode announcements.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx at line 786:
Update the branch selector tests around BranchToolbarBranchSelector to cover switching between threads with different resolved branches, asserting that both the trigger’s accessible name and aria-label update to the current full branch name. Keep the existing manual NVDA check.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbarBranchSelector.tsx:
- Line 786: Update the branch selector tests around BranchToolbarBranchSelector
to cover switching between threads with different resolved branches, asserting
that both the trigger’s accessible name and aria-label update to the current
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Not adding the suggested test. It would assert that an aria-label prop reaches the markup, which the repo's testing rules exclude ("props rendered to static markup", AGENTS.md, Verifying). It also could not fail for the actual bug: Chromium's accessibility tree already updated the branch on every switch before this change, and only NVDA's browse-mode cache was stale. The NVDA before/after transcript in the description is the evidence for this fix.
Windows Server 2025, Chrome for Testing 156.0.8078.4, NVDA 2026.3.1, light theme, 1920×1080; synthetic Replay threads on isolated fresh databases. Visit A (main), visit B (long branch), let both branch lists load, return to A and press C in NVDA browse mode, then repeat to B. Speech Viewer shows NVDA's actual output. Host label redacted; browser chrome and taskbar cropped.
Audible pronunciation and pauses were not recorded because the Windows desktop has no audio endpoint; evidence captures NVDA's actual generated speech text through Speech Viewer.
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Problem
With NVDA, the branch combobox in the thread details panel often keeps reading the previous thread's branch after a thread switch, even though the screen shows the right one. The control also has no name, and long branch names are read with a break in the middle. Details and reproduction steps are in #34436.
The trigger is a
<button role="combobox">with no label, so the branch text inside it is exposed as the combobox's value. NVDA's browse mode keeps a cached copy of a combobox and only re-reads it when something on the control itself changes, not when the text inside it does. It looks intermittent because the trigger is briefly disabled while a thread's branch list loads, and that does refresh NVDA.Change
The trigger gets
aria-label="Branch: <branch>", which changes with the branch, and the visible text is hidden from assistive tech so the branch is not read twice. Browse mode now reads the current thread's branch, names the control "Branch", and reads long branch names in one piece.The same trigger is used in the composer strip, so that is covered too. Nothing changes visually.
Closes #34436.
Scope and approval
This is a very small, focused fix for an obvious bug: two attributes on one control, with no behavior change for sighted users and no change to branch operations or product defaults. I filed #34436 for it today; it has not been triaged yet.
Verification
Environment: Windows 11, NVDA 2026.3.1 in Windows Sandbox, Chromium 151, web client from
vp run devwith a copy of real thread data.Two threads, A on
masterand B ont3/fix-slider-action-touch-lag. Visit A, visit B, go back to A, then read the combobox in browse mode.Version Control region combo box collapsed opens dialog t 3 slash fix-slider-action- touch-lagVersion Control region Branch: master combo box collapsed opens dialogaria-label="Branch"stayed stale; only a label that changes with the branch refreshed NVDA.vp run check:changedpasses (format, lint, knip, typecheck, react compiler).No test added: an attribute assertion would not show what NVDA's browse mode reads. The rendered UI is unchanged, so the captures below show NVDA's speech instead.
Captures
Recorded with NVDA's Speech Viewer on screen, so each line NVDA speaks appears as text. These use two throwaway demo repos: Thread A on
main, Thread B onfeature/screen-reader-branch-combobox-refresh. Each recording reads the combobox on A, switches to B, switches back to A, and reads it again in browse mode. The environment name in the panel is masked.Before (
main): back on Thread A the panel showsmain, but NVDA reads Thread B's branch, split in two: "combo box collapsed opens dialog feature/screen-reader-branch-combobox- ...refresh". Recording (55 s)After (this PR): NVDA reads "Branch: main combo box collapsed opens dialog" on Thread A, and Thread B's long branch name in one piece. Recording (55 s)
The files are on a separate branch of my fork that is not part of this PR.
Not checked: JAWS, Narrator, VoiceOver, the Electron desktop shell, and the composer-strip copy of the trigger with NVDA (same component, checked by reading the code only). I did not hear NVDA announce the picker opening after the fix, so that is unconfirmed by speech; the change adds no handlers.
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