In the Modern version of FluentCleaner, several important controls on the Cleaner and Settings pages do not expose meaningful accessible names to screen readers.
This makes the application's two most important areas difficult to use independently with screen reader softwares.
Cleaner page
When navigating through cleaner entries with these softwares, the checkboxes are announced only as:
Checkbox, checked
or:
Checkbox, not checked
The name of the cleaner entry is not announced.
For example, instead of:
Microsoft Store, checkbox, checked
These softwares only announces:
Checkbox, checked
As a result, a screen reader user can toggle the checkbox but cannot determine which cleaning option it belongs to.
Category expand/collapse controls and some associated action buttons can also be announced only as:
Button
or:
Button, expanded/collapsed
without the category or action name.
Settings page
Some important settings have the same problem.
For example, switches for options such as Winapp2.ini and Winapp3.ini are announced only as:
Toggle button, pressed
or:
Toggle button, not pressed
The visible label next to the switch is not associated with the control for screen readers.
This means the user can determine the state of the switch, but not which setting the switch controls.
Steps to reproduce
- Enable Windows Narrator.
- Open FluentCleaner Modern.
- Open the Cleaner page.
- Expand a cleaner category.
- Use Tab to move through the cleaner entries.
- Notice that the cleaner checkboxes are announced without their entry names.
- Open Settings.
- Navigate settings.
- Notice that Narrator announces the switch role and state without the setting name.
Expected result
Interactive controls should expose their associated visible labels as accessible names.
For example:
Microsoft Store, checkbox, checked
and:
Winapp3, toggle button, not pressed
This could be implemented using the appropriate UI Automation naming/label relationship, such as AutomationProperties.Name or AutomationProperties.LabeledBy.
Comparison with Classic
The Classic edition already exposes these controls correctly.
For example, its Cleaner tree announces both the cleaner name and checkbox state, such as:
.NET Framework, checkbox, checked
This suggests that the issue is specific to the accessibility information exposed by the Modern UI rather than a limitation in screen reader softwares.
Accessibility impact
The Cleaner page is the application's primary workflow, and Settings contains important configuration options.
Although keyboard focus can reach these controls and their states are exposed, missing accessible names prevent a blind user from knowing what each control actually represents.
Environment
- FluentCleaner Modern 26.09.01 / 1.18 (Classic)
- Windows 11
In the Modern version of FluentCleaner, several important controls on the Cleaner and Settings pages do not expose meaningful accessible names to screen readers.
This makes the application's two most important areas difficult to use independently with screen reader softwares.
Cleaner page
When navigating through cleaner entries with these softwares, the checkboxes are announced only as:
or:
The name of the cleaner entry is not announced.
For example, instead of:
These softwares only announces:
As a result, a screen reader user can toggle the checkbox but cannot determine which cleaning option it belongs to.
Category expand/collapse controls and some associated action buttons can also be announced only as:
or:
without the category or action name.
Settings page
Some important settings have the same problem.
For example, switches for options such as Winapp2.ini and Winapp3.ini are announced only as:
or:
The visible label next to the switch is not associated with the control for screen readers.
This means the user can determine the state of the switch, but not which setting the switch controls.
Steps to reproduce
Expected result
Interactive controls should expose their associated visible labels as accessible names.
For example:
and:
This could be implemented using the appropriate UI Automation naming/label relationship, such as
AutomationProperties.NameorAutomationProperties.LabeledBy.Comparison with Classic
The Classic edition already exposes these controls correctly.
For example, its Cleaner tree announces both the cleaner name and checkbox state, such as:
This suggests that the issue is specific to the accessibility information exposed by the Modern UI rather than a limitation in screen reader softwares.
Accessibility impact
The Cleaner page is the application's primary workflow, and Settings contains important configuration options.
Although keyboard focus can reach these controls and their states are exposed, missing accessible names prevent a blind user from knowing what each control actually represents.
Environment