[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14045: Give the menus page an accessibility mode option, like the widgets screen.

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#14045: Give the menus page an accessibility mode option, like the widgets screen.
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 Reporter:  quanin                         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Accessibility                  |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  3.6-early 3.6-menus has-patch  |
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Comment (by quanin):

 Replying to [comment:24 lessbloat]:
 > So, that was my worry.  Is there any way we could pare it down to
 something that is manageable?

 This is why I suggested an accessibility mode screen option, similar to
 the widget page presently. If enabling that mode will make those
 modifications, it can be documented on the screen that gives you the
 option of enabling that mode. That way, if you don't need to see/hear it,
 you won't see/hear it.

 >
 > > Note: You may not have been thinking drag/drop. But since you didn't
 clarify exactly how things would be rearanged, I'm assuming that's what
 you're going for.
 >
 > Sorry, to clarify: you can now re-arrange menu items both via drag/drop
 and also via your keyboard arrows.


 Navigating via keyboard arrows isn't all that intuitive. Screenreaders
 tend to use the keyboard arrows primarily for their own purposes, IE: to
 actually read a webpage. While someone like you or I might know we'll need
 to bypass that every time we want to shift a menu item a step to the left
 or right, that can't be said for every user out there. Plus, again,
 whether or not you'll have to, and how you'd go about doing that--assuming
 it's doable in the first place, is entirely screenreader dependent. I'd
 ideally like to see something a little bit more universal. It's why when
 the ticket was created I used the widget page as an example/guideline.

 As a point of reference: the screenreader I use, JAWS for Windows, gives
 you an option to bypass its standard uses of the arrow keys. However,
 you'll need to issue its bypass command every time you wanted to shift a
 menu item up, down, left, right etc. If you're dealing with a lot of
 menus/submenus, that can actually subtract from useability--something
 accessibility should, ideally, never do.

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