[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27553: Make WP editor toggle focusable

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#27553: Make WP editor toggle focusable
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 Reporter:  joedolson     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 I definitely agree that there should be a much better tab order on the
 post editing page; but it's not quite that simple. Tabbing directly from
 the title field to the content field doesn't just save a few clicks; it
 can actually save literally dozens of tab keypresses. If the user is using
 the HTML editor and has just the basic set of quicktags enabled, it's only
 about a dozen of keypresses; but if they're using the visual editor and
 have additional buttons enabled, tabbing through could easily take 40 or
 50 additional keypresses.

 I think that the automatic habit of tabbing directly from the title field
 into content is pretty engrained in users, so this would be a major
 inconvenience for a lot of people.

 So, while I agree that we need a better solution, I don't think that
 simply eliminating this tab shortcut is going to be the right solution.

 There's already a keyboard trigger for entering the toolbar for the visual
 editor, it would be helpful if that also worked to enter the toolbar in
 HTML mode.

 However, this should really be raised as a separate ticket; it's well out
 of scope for this ticket.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27553#comment:19>
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