List / ListItemCustom: Selectable item forces unnecessary "Is Active" screen reader announcement (WCAG 4.1.2)

[AlexYanSap1]

Describe the bug

In a List with selectionMode="Multiple" (or single-select), a ListItemCustom must have type="Active" in order for its selection checkbox to work. However, type="Active"
unconditionally makes screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver) append "Is Active" to the item's accessible name — e.g. "New Goal - 2025 Dates Is Active Not Selected".

For an item whose only interaction is its selection checkbox (no press/click handler), "Is Active" is misleading, unnecessary information and is flagged as a WCAG 4.1.2 (Name,
Role, Value) issue by accessibility audits.

There is no item type that provides "selectable AND not announced as active":

• type="Active" → checkbox is selectable ✅ but "Is Active" is announced ❌
• type="Inactive" → "Is Active" is not announced ✅ but the checkbox no longer fires selection (selection-requested is not fired for inactive items) ❌

Root cause (in @ui5/webcomponents):

• ListItem.get ariaLabelledByText() appends LIST_ITEM_ACTIVE ("Is Active") whenever type === Active.
• ListItem.onMultiSelectionComponentPress() / onSingleSelectionComponentPress() early-return when the item isInactive (type === Inactive || Detail), so an inactive item
  cannot be selected via its checkbox.

Isolated Example

https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-g9mzegcd?file=src%2FApp.tsx

Reproduction steps

1. Open the isolated example in Chrome with a screen reader enabled (JAWS / NVDA; VoiceOver on Safari behaves the same).
2. Tab into the List and navigate to the first item ("New Goal - 2025 Dates", type="Active").
3. Observe the screen reader announces "... Is Active Not Selected" — the "Is Active" is unnecessary noise; the row has no press handler, only a selection checkbox.
4. Navigate to the second item ("Another Goal", type="Inactive"): "Is Active" is not announced, but its checkbox can no longer be toggled (selection does not fire).

Expected Behaviour

A List item whose only interaction is its selection checkbox (single/multi-select mode, no press handler) should be selectable WITHOUT the screen reader announcing "Is Active".

Either:

• the "Is Active" announcement should not be added for items that are only selectable (not pressable), or
• there should be a way to keep an item selectable via its checkbox without setting type="Active" (i.e. decouple selectability from the "Active" press/announcement behaviour).

Screenshots or Videos

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UI5 Web Components for React Version

2.21.3 or the latest

UI5 Web Components Version

2.21.3 or the latest

Browser

Chrome

Operating System

No response

Additional Context

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Relevant log output

Organization

SAP SF

Declaration

• I’m not disclosing any internal or sensitive information.

[Lukas742]

Hi @AlexYanSap1

I will close this issue as there is already another one covering this topic. If you have any questions or more information, please address them in the original issue.