Menu stays expanded when menu options are selected while screen reader is enabled

[szeyingyau]

Description

When I enable a screen reader software and select a menu item from a Menu, the expanded menu stays open even though a new page is loaded. I expect the menu to close when a menu item is selected.

Reproduction

https://carbon.sage.com/?path=/story/menu--default-story

Steps to reproduce

VoiceOver for MacOS

1. Enable VoiceOver
2. Navigate to menu
3. Select and expand menu
4. Navigate to any menu item
5. Select menu item - Ctrl + Opt + Spacebar

NVDA for Windows

1. Enable NVDA
2. Navigate to menu
3. Select and expand menu
4. Navigate to any menu item
5. Select menu item - 'Enter' key

JIRA ticket numbers (Sage only)

SBS-102689

Suggested solution

No response

Carbon version

135.1.0

Design tokens version

4.34.0

Relevant browsers

Chrome, Safari

Relevant OSs

MacOS, Windows

Additional context

Using 'Tab' and 'Enter' keys when screen reader isn't enabled closes the menu as expected when a menu item is selected

Confidentiality

• I confirm there is no confidential or commercially sensitive information included.

[sianford]

FE-6688 logged to investigate each screen reader behaviour in macOS (VoiceOver with Safari) and Windows (NVDA with Chrome, Firefox and Edge).

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