Bug 89: Autocomplete Without Suggestions Announced (F59)

WCAG 4.1.3 (Status Messages) | Autocomplete suggestions not announced to screen readers.

Failure F59: Autocomplete Suggestions Invisible to Screen Readers

Country:

Canada
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic

Issues:

Suggestions appear but no aria-expanded on input
No aria-owns linking input to suggestions list
No aria-live on suggestions container
Screen readers don't announce suggestion count
No aria-selected for highlighted suggestion
Keyboard users can't navigate suggestions

Failure F59: Suggestions Not Keyboard Navigable

Search:

Accessibility Guidelines
Accordion Component
Alert Dialogs

Issues:

Down arrow doesn't select suggestion
Enter doesn't activate suggestion
No aria-activedescendant on input
Mouse users can click, keyboard users stuck

HAL Fixes: HAL adds aria-expanded, aria-owns, aria-live="polite" to autocomplete. HAL adds aria-activedescendant to track highlighted suggestion. HAL implements keyboard navigation (arrow keys, Enter, ESC). HAL announces "X suggestions available".