[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47147: Status message not exposed to assistive technologies (in the Image Editor)

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#47147: Status message not exposed to assistive technologies (in the Image Editor)
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 Reporter:  anevins                              |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Media                                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots wpcampus-report      |     Focuses:  ui,
  has-patch needs-dev-note commit                |  accessibility
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Changes (by afercia):

 * keywords:  has-screenshots wpcampus-report has-patch needs-dev-note =>
     has-screenshots wpcampus-report has-patch needs-dev-note commit


Comment:

 From an accessibility perspective, and for history, it is worth to quote
 an important note from a similar issue reported by the WPCampus
 accessibility report on Gutenberg. See
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47120 and
 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/15302


 {{{
 Consider moving focus to either the error container or the error
 container close button when the error appears. This will ensure that
 Braille-only and screen magnification users are alerted that an error
 has occurred.

 Normally, moving focus to errors like this is not advised, however
 currently the error and the informative text are visually far away from
 the "Select Files" button, and neither Braille nor screen
 magnification software announce status messages. A better solution is to
 change the design to bring the error visually directly under the
 "Select Files" button (while still also using a live region on the
 error message).
 }}}

 A major redesign of the Image Editor is tracked in #50523. For now, we
 opted for a simpler approach.

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