[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34957: #a11y-focus: Standardizing the handling of :focus and :hover

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#34957: #a11y-focus: Standardizing the handling of :focus and :hover
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 Reporter:  adamsoucie      |       Owner:  adamsoucie
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by adamsoucie):

 Based on today's a11y Slack chat, we're establishing :focus as the
 standard, with :hover being somewhat of an extension of :focus.

 To quote Joe Dolson:
   "One important thing to keep in mind about the difference between :focus
 and :hover is the type of action that initiates them; :hover is initiated
 by direct action (a user points at the item that will change) and :focus
 by indirect action (a user presses tab or changes focus, with no definite
 knowledge of where the changed item will appear). This is the key reason
 that :focus needs to be a strong and obvious change, where there can be
 more flexibility with :hover. (Although the perceivable characteristics
 obviously still need to be present.)"

 Step 1 has been decided that :focus and :hover need to be different in all
 cases.

 Moving on to Step 2, due to [ticket:34904].  This provides us with the
 standard to implement.  Once that's complete, we'll move to Step 3.

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