Progress

Plays a signal - sound (audio cue) and/or announcement (alert) - on loop while progress is occurring.

{
  "accessibility.signals.progress": {
    "sound": "auto",
    "announcement": "auto"
  } // default
}

Type

object

Default

{
  "sound": "auto",
  "announcement": "auto"
}

Object Properties

KeyTypeDefaultRangeDescription
"sound"string"auto""auto", "off", "on"Plays a sound on loop while progress is occurring.
"announcement"string"auto""auto", "off"Alerts on loop while progress is occurring.

Description

Controls if sound and announcement signals are played in a loop when an ongoing action is in progress. Several things can trigger this signal like installing an extension or waiting for a response from Copilot Chat among other things.

When "sound" is set to"auto", the sound signal will play whenever an ongoing action is in progress and a screen reader is detected or "editor.accessibilitySupport": "on". When set to "off", the sound signal will never play even when a screen reader is detected or "editor.accessibilitySuport": "on". When set to "on", the sound signal will always play even when a screen reader is not detected or "editor.accessibiltySupport": "off".

When "announcement" is set to "auto", the screen reader will make the announcement whenever an ongoing action is in progress and a screen reader is detected. When set to "off", the screen reader will never make an announcement even when a screen reader is detected.