[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 sharonaustin):

 Been thinking about this a little more; I think we have some golden
 opportunities for testing even now.

 First, as I understand it, both <a> elements and <button> elements are
 HTML DOM objects, which is good because screen readers work off DOM
 elements.  The thing I'm not sure about is whether screen readers treat
 the <a> element and the <button> element the same way.  I think that this
 alone is worth testing, to make sure we're not working off any assumptions
 that aren't valid. Testing on different browsers with major screen readers
 (JAWS, NVDA, Window-Eyes, Voice-Over) would give us a better handle on
 whether there is a difference between how a screen reader treats an <a>
 element versus a <button> element.

 Second, out of my ignorance, I've been assuming that if we understand the
 tabbing order, we could accurately extrapolate "how" assistive technology
 works based on that.  After some background reading from the input of
 @bramd for ticket #29371 and this link
 http://doccenter.freedomscientific.com/doccenter/doccenter/rs25c51746a0cc/2012-12-12_aria/02_ariacontrols.htm
 I understand that this may not be the case--arrow keys are involved, and
 may or may not follow tab order.

 There's a lot of baseline knowledge we can gain simply from testing what
 we have right now--two patches using <a> element, a third patch using
 <button> element, seeing if there is any difference between browsers,
 seeing if there is any difference between screen readers, seeing if any of
 them automatically force a screen reader into forms mode.

 Any input is welcome, as is testing.

 Thanks again so much to all involved.

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