Too Many Arrow Key Events Generated with ARIA role=application in JAWS

[jessegreenberg]

When interacting with elements that have the ARIA role="application", JAWS sends multiple unnecessary keyboard events when arrow keys are pressed and held. This behavior disrupts interactions that rely on precise keyboard event handling.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Use the following HTML and JavaScript code to set up the test environment:

HTML:

<div role="application">
  <div tabindex="0" id="interactive">Focus me, then press and hold arrow keys</div>
</div>

const interactive = document.getElementById("interactive");
interactive.addEventListener("keydown", event => console.log('keydown received'));
interactive.addEventListener("keyup", event => console.log('keyup received'));

2. Move focus to the element with id="interactive".

3. Press and hold any arrow key.

Expected Behavior: Several "keydown received" messages should be logged continuously while the key is held down. A single "keyup received" message should be logged when the key is released.

Actual Behavior: A continuous stream of both "keydown received" and "keyup received" messages appear while the key remains pressed.