Symptom
When creating a mentoring program using a screen reader, it announces "Click or focus to edit edit multi line blank" when navigating localization text areas in the Signup Form step:
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Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Mentoring
Reproducing the Issue
- Log into SuccessFactors with a screen reader
- In the global search, type Manage Mentoring Programs
- Select +Create New Mentoring Program
- Choose Supervised > Continue
- In the Mentoring Program Name field, enter a name
- Select the Signup Form step
- In either Questions to Mentor or Questions to Mentee, select the globe icon for localization
- Tab through the text boxes > Each box is announced as “Click or focus to edit edit multi line blank” without the language name.
Cause
This is a known issue.
Resolution
The fix for this issue is planned to be deployed with the 1H 2027 release.
For release timelines, please review SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information.
Workaround
No workaround is available.
See Also
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Product Release & Road Map Information
- SAP Help Portal - SAP SuccessFactors Patches Knowledge Base
- KBA 2171560 - How to be notified of new or updated SAP Notes or KBAs
Keywords
screen reader, mentoring, signup form, localization, language label, globe icon, questions to mentor, questions to mentee, edit multi line, aria-label, wcag, a11y, accessibility, CDP-34157 , KBA , LOD-SF-MEN-ACC , SuccessFactors Mentoring Accessibility , LOD-SF-MEN-ADM , Admin Center and Setttings , Known Error
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