Currently, Special:Preferences' .mw-navigation-hint with it's message (in enwiki) “Tip: You can use the left and right arrow keys to navigate between the tabs in the tabs list.” is keyboard focussable.
We're also exposing it currently to screenreader users, which seems unnecessary given that we have ARIA roles on the tabs in place. Left & right arrow keys are default behaviour for tab navigation.
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| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special:Preferences: Expose `.mw-navigation-hint` on keyboard focus only | mediawiki/core | master | +11 -8 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T64559 Redesign Special:Preferences (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | Volker_E | T180538 Improve Special:Preferences UI/UX | |||
| Resolved | Volker_E | T204861 Reconsider keyboard user navigation hint exposure |
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Change 461452 had a related patch set uploaded (by VolkerE; owner: VolkerE):
[mediawiki/core@master] Special:Preferences: Expose .mw-navigation-hint on keyboard focus only
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Please note that the new tabs dont actually work in a screenreader. At least not when using VoiceOver
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@TheDJ Could you refine? We have implemented them in the way they were in old interface with correct ARIA roles, see T148030: OOUI indexed dialogs (IndexLayout) / tabbed navigation (TabPanelLayout) is not accessible
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Not sure what goes on exactly, possibly has something to do with the #anchor synchronization. But when I cursor from tab to tab on https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:Preferences
The focus immediately follows me, and selects to tabpanel making it impossible to actually descend into the tabpanel, because going forward or backward will select the next tabpanel again. (only the first and last allow me to get out).
I don't have this problem with:
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/tabs/tabs-1/tabs.html
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/tabs/tabs-2/tabs.html
Here is a video, where you can see that the focus follows the accessibility cursor and immediately selects another tabpanel, before i can do VO-space to actually select the tab.
Here is a video https://youtu.be/gCYhxZQaLuI
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Looks like the message was added per the suggestion of @hoo on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/78640
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Left and right arrowing doesn't work that well with screen readers anyway because the key is overwritten by the screen reader (especially true for JAWS). I would think most screen reader users would just navigate around the page using their virtual cursor and press enter on the relevant tab.
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Small note that this hint was specifically for keyboard-only users, less for screenreader users
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Change 461452 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Special:Preferences: Expose .mw-navigation-hint on keyboard focus only