Missing screen reader output at opening / saving file input on remote

[yncat]

Type: Bug

If there is a workaround, it may not necessarily be a bug.

1. Open a remote using the vscode-remote extension. E.G. WSL.
2. Try to open a folder, or save a new file.
3. Try to input filename, or edit the current input with screen reader.
4. inputs and deletions are not announced by screen reader at all. Moving cursor doesn't announce the focused character.
5. Expected: They are announced.

I think this box was originally a simple text field. In a older version (probably 6 month to 1 year ago?), it also started to act as a combo box, allowing me to autocomplete directories.
After the change, I am unable to smoothly finalize the destination to what I want the path to be. I just thought I would be able to adapt to this when it was introduced, but now feeling like reporting it here and seek for some workarounds.

It does not occur in local development since it uses the native dialog, at least on Windows. It only happens when I am developing on a remote.

I'm not really sure this custom dialog is provided by the vscode-side or the extension-side.

Extension version: 0.88.5
VS Code version: Code 1.96.1 (42b266171e51a016313f47d0c48aca9295b9cbb2, 2024-12-17T17:50:05.206Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U (12 x 2611)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.69GB (2.62GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 16c020cb-6298-45d1-bf2f-54354940af72
Screen Reader	yes
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U (12 x 0)
Memory (System)	7.60GB (4.88GB free)
VM	0%

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