[FLEX-19046] RadioButton "change" event is not fired, when spacebar is pressed using JAWS 8 screenreader

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.3 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: RadioButton
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 01/May/09 14:39
• Updated: 29/Jul/10 07:59

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Create a RadioButtonGroup and create 2 radio buttons in MXML
For each radiobutton define a handler for the "change" event
Using JAWS with the Flex app. Go to the radiobutton, via up down arrows and press the "spacebar" to select one.

Actual Results:
Your "change" handler is not called. it is only called if the user clicks on the radio button with a mouse

Expected Results:
My change handler should be called. According to flex 3 accessibility docs on radiobutton, "When using a screen reader, select a radio button by using the Spacebar key."

Workaround (if any):