Altinity / Altinity/altinity-sql-browser
Accessibility pass: ARIA on menus/autocomplete/tabs, aria-live on errors, visible focus rings
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Description
Part of #68 (Roadmap to 1.0.0) — should-have. The substantial one.
Problem
The app has almost no accessibility affordances — ~11 a11y attributes across all of src/ (mostly tabindex, one aria-hidden). For a complex SQL IDE this is a significant screen-reader and keyboard-navigation gap.
Scope
- ARIA semantics on the custom widgets so assistive tech announces them correctly:
- autocomplete dropdown →
listbox/option+aria-activedescendant(src/ui/editor-complete.js) - File menu and the user/save popovers →
menu/menuitem(src/ui/file-menu.js,app.jsanchoredPopover) - query tab strip →
tablist/tab(src/ui/tabs.js)
- autocomplete dropdown →
aria-liveon the toast / error region so query errors and "session expired" are announced, not just shown (src/ui/toast.js).- Visible keyboard-focus rings everywhere
outline:noneis set without a replacement (src/styles.css:158,165,320,408,454,528,535,…). Today, tabbing through some controls shows no focus indicator.
Acceptance
- Screen reader announces the autocomplete, menus, and tabs with correct roles/state.
- Errors/toasts are announced via
aria-live. - Every interactive control shows a visible focus ring on keyboard focus.
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npm testgreen at the per-file coverage gate.
Largest of the 1.0 should-haves; worth its own focused pass + a screen-reader/keyboard test.
Folded in from the roadmap (#68) nice-to-haves:
- Honor
prefers-reduced-motion— a@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)block that disables/limits transitions and animations (chart updates, hovers) for users who've set reduce-motion in their OS.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading src/ui/editor-complete.js, src/ui/file-menu.js, app.js, src/ui/tabs.js, src/ui/toast.js, and the listed outline:none rules in src/styles.css. Run npm test to understand the per-file coverage gate, then verify the stated screen-reader, keyboard-focus, aria-live, and reduced-motion acceptance criteria with the mentioned screen-reader/keyboard test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, javascript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100