[orca-list] Google Chrome: Navigating Gmail is unreliable

[Andy Borka <sonfire11 gmail com>]

Hi,

 

I am using Orca master, Ubuntu 20.04, and Google Chrome 83.0.4100.3.

 

Navigating the Gmail interface is unreliable at best. Most of the time, the results of navigating are inconsistent, so it is difficult making a bug report. However, I will do my best to give steps to reproduce.

1. Start Orca master.
2. Start Google Chrome 83.0.4100.3 (currently unstable dev).
3. Go to www.gmail.com and sign in to an account.
4. Press t to jump to the table of emails.
5. Press ORCA+A for focus mode.
6. Press all 4 arrow keys.

Actual results: Sometimes Orca jumps out of focus mode, other times it only reads a cell such as sender, date, or subject. Other times it does nothing. The main concern here is that it is unreliable to navigate, making it difficult to send/receive email.

Expected results: Orca should remain in focus mode when navigating the list of emails. Even if Google enabled the feature to read cell by cell, Orca should not jump out of focus mode until I tell it to leave focus mode.