[NFBCS] JAWS accessibility problem with GitHub Codespaces repository selection

[hunkinmarvin5 at gmail.com]

Hi everyone,

I'm a totally blind Windows user and use JAWS as my primary screen reader.
I'm currently trying to start the freeCodeCamp Build a Boilerplate workshop,

which uses GitHub Codespaces.

I've run into an accessibility problem during the Codespaces setup.

The freeCodeCamp instructions say:

"In the Repository access field, select the freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha
repository."

GitHub gives me a repository-selection list with a filter field. I can
navigate to the filter and search for freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha, but JAWS isn't
reliably

telling me whether the repository is selected, and I'm having difficulty
actually selecting it.

I was able to use Windows Narrator to select the repository, so the control
appears to work, but it isn't working reliably with JAWS.

Has anyone using JAWS encountered this GitHub repository-selection control?
Is there a keyboard-only or JAWS-specific workaround for selecting a
repository?

I'm particularly interested in a way to do this using JAWS rather than
having to switch to Narrator or arrange sighted assistance.

The relevant setup is:

list of 5 items

. 

Windows

. 

JAWS

. 

GitHub Codespaces

. 

freeCodeCamp Build a Boilerplate

. 

Required repository: freeCodeCamp/rdb-alpha

list end

Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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