[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62550: Missing "submit" button - bad accessibility

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#62550: Missing "submit" button - bad accessibility
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 Reporter:  kkmuffme           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  6.8
Component:  Administration     |     Version:
 Severity:  minor              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-screenshots  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 6.8


Comment:

 The purpose of a submit button in a form is to request a change of
 context, and it is certainly valuable there. In the screen options
 interface, the behavior is immediate when selecting which features are
 shown on the page, and doesn't generate a change of context. However, this
 form also doesn't inform the user audibly that the update has taken place,
 so there's very low confidence in what has happened.

 Practically speaking, I'm not sure it would be a benefit to add the submit
 button when the only fields are the metabox selectors or list table
 selectors; but we should definitely add a `wp.a11y.speak()` announcement
 to confirm that the change has happened.

 Regarding the inline comment reply form, I don't see any case where that
 appears without a submit button, so I'm not sure what you're referring to.

 I'm milestoning this for 6.8, but only to add a `speak()` announcement to
 the Options checkboxes; I don't think that a submit button would be
 beneficial here.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62550#comment:6>
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