Public bug reported: The page "Plugin Administration: blocktype" (admin/extensions/plugintypeconfig.php?plugintype=blocktype) needs to be made accessible for keyboard navigation, and for screen readers.
Currently the page relies on a drag and drop option via the mouse to re- order the blocks to prioritise the display order when they appear in the configure block modal of the placeholder block. Currently there is no way to achieve the block re-ordering without mouse usage. Is it possible to create a solution where a keyboard user can select to "highlight" a block and then navigate to a new area, "place" the block and have the block now appear there? This may be a useful article about keyboard driven drag and drop functionality that could provide some insight into solving this issue: https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/4-major-patterns-for-accessible-drag- and-drop-1d43f64ebf09 Some things to keep in mind for screen readers: - The block title needs to be clearly labelled as well as the number of times it appears, i.e, "Image block, used 3 times" also if there are any changes to the way this page labels the order of the blocks, i.e "Image block, used 3 times, position 1" than that will also need to be perceived by a screen reader. ** Affects: mahara Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: accessibility -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887447 Title: Plugin Administration: blocktype page needs to be made accessible Status in Mahara: New Bug description: The page "Plugin Administration: blocktype" (admin/extensions/plugintypeconfig.php?plugintype=blocktype) needs to be made accessible for keyboard navigation, and for screen readers. Currently the page relies on a drag and drop option via the mouse to re-order the blocks to prioritise the display order when they appear in the configure block modal of the placeholder block. Currently there is no way to achieve the block re-ordering without mouse usage. Is it possible to create a solution where a keyboard user can select to "highlight" a block and then navigate to a new area, "place" the block and have the block now appear there? This may be a useful article about keyboard driven drag and drop functionality that could provide some insight into solving this issue: https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/4-major-patterns-for-accessible-drag- and-drop-1d43f64ebf09 Some things to keep in mind for screen readers: - The block title needs to be clearly labelled as well as the number of times it appears, i.e, "Image block, used 3 times" also if there are any changes to the way this page labels the order of the blocks, i.e "Image block, used 3 times, position 1" than that will also need to be perceived by a screen reader. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1887447/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
