fix issue 2002 by rewriting live region after delay

jquery · Dec 8, 2021 · db3b6ef · db3b6ef
1 parent e90096e
commit db3b6ef
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/ui/widgets/autocomplete.js b/ui/widgets/autocomplete.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 
 	requestIndex: 0,
 	pending: 0,
+	liveRegionTimer: null,
 
 	_create: function() {
 
@@ -267,8 +268,10 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", {
 				// Announce the value in the liveRegion
 				label = ui.item.attr( "aria-label" ) || item.value;
 				if ( label && String.prototype.trim.call( label ).length ) {
-					this.liveRegion.children().hide();
-					$( "<div>" ).text( label ).appendTo( this.liveRegion );
+					clearTimeout( this.liveRegionTimer );
+					this.liveRegionTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+						this.liveRegion.html($( "<div>" ).text( label ));
+					}, 400);
 				}
 			},
 			menuselect: function( event, ui ) {
@@ -663,8 +666,10 @@ $.widget( "ui.autocomplete", $.ui.autocomplete, {
 		} else {
 			message = this.options.messages.noResults;
 		}
-		this.liveRegion.children().hide();
-		$( "<div>" ).text( message ).appendTo( this.liveRegion );
+		clearTimeout( this.liveRegionTimer );
+		this.liveRegionTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+			this.liveRegion.html($( "<div>" ).text( message ));
+		}, 400);
 	}
 } );