Fix: forward aria-checked for screen readers on checkbox and radio by MelvinBot · Pull Request #81755 · Expensify/App

MelvinBot · 2026-02-06T20:37:14Z

Explanation of Change

Screen readers were announcing incorrect checkbox/radio states because:

Web: BaseGenericPressable forwards aria-selected and aria-disabled but did not forward accessibilityState.checked as aria-checked. This meant radios had no announced state and checkboxes were always announced as unchecked on web.
Android (Native): The Checkbox component set aria-checked (web-only) but did not provide accessibilityState, so TalkBack had no state to announce.

This PR implements @ashu75575's suggested fix:

Forwards accessibilityState.checked as aria-checked in BaseGenericPressable so web screen readers correctly announce state.
Adds accessibilityState={{ checked }} (with 'mixed' for indeterminate) to Checkbox so native platforms announce state correctly.

Fixed Issues

$ #81654

Tests

Enable VoiceOver (macOS) or TalkBack (Android)
Open Reports > Filters > Date dropdown
Navigate to a radio button option
Verify the radio button state (selected/not selected) is correctly announced
Navigate to Reports > Filters > Status dropdown
Check/uncheck a checkbox
Verify the checkbox state is correctly announced as checked/unchecked

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

N/A - Accessibility attributes do not depend on network state.

QA Steps

Enable VoiceOver (macOS) or TalkBack (Android)
Open Reports > Filters > Date dropdown
Navigate to a radio button and toggle it
Verify the radio button state is announced correctly by the screen reader
Navigate to Reports > Filters > Status dropdown
Check/uncheck a checkbox
Verify the checkbox state is announced correctly (checked/unchecked)

Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Android: mWeb Chrome

iOS: Native

iOS: mWeb Safari

MacOS: Chrome / Safari

…tyState to Checkbox - Forward accessibilityState.checked as aria-checked in BaseGenericPressable so web screen readers correctly announce checkbox/radio state - Add accessibilityState with checked property to Checkbox component so native platforms (Android TalkBack) correctly announce state Co-authored-by: Marco Chávez <marcochavezf@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-06T20:38:37Z

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src/components/Checkbox.tsx

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mkhutornyi · 2026-02-06T21:31:13Z

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mkhutornyi · 2026-02-06T21:34:35Z

src/components/Checkbox.tsx

            onKeyDown={handleSpaceOrEnterKey}
            role={CONST.ROLE.CHECKBOX}
+            accessibilityState={{
+                checked: isIndeterminate ? ('mixed' as const) : isChecked,


Unless this causes TS error:

Suggested change

checked: isIndeterminate ? ('mixed' as const) : isChecked,

checked: isIndeterminate ? 'mixed' : isChecked,

@MelvinBot please address this as well.

Applied in 7ad4c03 -- removed the unnecessary as const cast.

Already applied — the as const cast was removed in 7ad4c03.

BaseGenericPressable already forwards accessibilityState.checked as aria-checked, making the explicit prop unnecessary. Co-authored-by: Marco Chávez <marcochavezf@users.noreply.github.com>

mkhutornyi · 2026-02-06T21:38:49Z

@MelvinBot don't remove aria-checked prop. Please revert 3278d5f

MelvinBot · 2026-02-06T21:40:56Z

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mkhutornyi · 2026-02-06T21:43:04Z

Hmm, looks like @MelvinBot doesn't wanna address my feedback.
@marcochavezf are you able to push changes?

Reverts 3278d5f per reviewer feedback. The explicit aria-checked prop should be kept alongside accessibilityState.checked. Co-authored-by: Mykhailo <mkhutornyi@users.noreply.github.com>

MelvinBot · 2026-02-06T21:43:34Z

Reverted 3278d5f in 7c7449d — the explicit aria-checked prop on Checkbox has been restored alongside accessibilityState.checked.

MelvinBot · 2026-02-06T21:45:05Z

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Addresses reviewer feedback from mkhutornyi. Co-authored-by: Mykhailo <mkhutornyi@users.noreply.github.com>

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The only failing check is checklist — this is not a code issue. All code checks (typecheck, ESLint, tests, builds, Prettier, etc.) are passing.

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All review feedback from @mkhutornyi has been addressed:

as const cast removed (7ad4c03)
Explicit aria-checked prop restored on Checkbox (7c7449d)

mkhutornyi

Tested with VoiceOver on MacOS, iPhone.
Works well.

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Fix: forward aria-checked for screen readers on checkbox and radio (cherry picked from commit d3321f1) (cherry-picked to staging by Julesssss)

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🚀 Cherry-picked to staging by https://github.com/Julesssss in version: 9.3.15-7 🚀

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State check/uncheck announced incorrectly with screen reader on checkbox and radio #81654

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Remove redundant aria-checked from Checkbox

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BaseGenericPressable already forwards accessibilityState.checked as aria-checked, making the explicit prop unnecessary. Co-authored-by: Marco Chávez <marcochavezf@users.noreply.github.com>

Revert: restore explicit aria-checked prop on Checkbox

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Reverts 3278d5f per reviewer feedback. The explicit aria-checked prop should be kept alongside accessibilityState.checked. Co-authored-by: Mykhailo <mkhutornyi@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove unnecessary as const cast on accessibilityState.checked

7ad4c03

Addresses reviewer feedback from mkhutornyi. Co-authored-by: Mykhailo <mkhutornyi@users.noreply.github.com>

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Fix: forward aria-checked for screen readers on checkbox and radio (cherry picked from commit d3321f1) (cherry-picked to staging by Julesssss)

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