JAWS Announcing Multiline <textarea> “Edit” twice on Arrow Keys

[nandhin11]

Summary

JAWS announces a multiline <textarea> control context repeatedly when pressing Arrow Down inside the field.

Description

In a simple multiline <textarea> rendered with a standard React setup (e.g., using MUI TextField with multiline and rows), when navigating with JAWS:

Focus moves into the textarea.

1. JAWS announces: “Multiline, edit”
   • Press Down Arrow a second time inside the field.
2. JAWS announces: “edit”
   • This occurs without moving focus away from the textarea.

This is reproduced in the shared CodeSandbox:

1. Open https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/infallible-leaf-qx64mw?file=%2Fsrc%2Findex.tsx%3A12%2C3&from-embed
2. Navigate to any multiline input with virtual cursor.
3. Press Down Arrow once — JAWS reads “Description, edit”.
4. Press Down Arrow again — JAWS reads “edit”.

Expected result

• JAWS should announce label and role when focus enters the edit field.
• Subsequent Arrow key navigation within the same focused textarea should not trigger a new announcement, as focus remains on the same element.

Actual result
JAWS announces the role (“edit”) on the second Arrow Down even though focus has not moved.

Example
https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/infallible-leaf-qx64mw?file=%2Fsrc%2Findex.tsx%3A12%2C3&from-embed

Additional Information
JAWS version
JAWS 2026/2025