Re: Accessibility issues in PgAdmin

On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 4:58 AM Khushboo Vashi <
khushboo(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 12:42 AM <timjonas(dot)boettcher(at)gmx(dot)de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I discovered an accessibility issue in PgAdmin:
>>
>> All toggle buttons (eg. used to grant or revoke a role’s rights or adjust
>> the app’s behaviour in preferences) are labelled as toggle buttons and
>> their yes/no, true/false state gets reported correctly, but do not have the
>> appropriate WAI-ARIA roles (role="button" and aria-pressed="true/false").
>>
>> Therefore, they do not actually behave like toggle buttons (to a screen
>> reader, they are simply text). Moreover, the buttons only respond to
>> mouse-clicks on … I don’t even know, because my braille display only shows
>> empty space at the spot where one would need to click.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there, perhaps, a keyboard shortcut/mnemonic to toggle the buttons? Or
>> do all of you simply use the mouse?
>>
>>
>>
> Use a space button to toggle the yes/no or true/false buttons.
>
>> If the latter: Is the pgadmin-hackers mailing list the right spot for
>> feature requests/patch requests or is there a GitHub repository where I
>> could post the issue?
>>
>>
>>
> Use https://redmine.postgresql.org/projects/pgadmin4 to log the request
> in future.
>

Khushboo, can you please make sure the appropriate WAI-ARIA roles are added
ASAP?

Thanks.

>
> Thanks,
> Khushboo
>
>> Making the toggle buttons respond to keyboard actions (such as clicks
>> using the space bar) has the advantage that it includes blind users as well
>> as users struggling to handle a mouse, or those who simply prefer using the
>> keyboard.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>

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