JedWatson / JedWatson/react-select
Aria-expanded property is not getting populated in react-select
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- TypeScript
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Description
This is a bug regarding react-select v2.
We are reporting a bug which can also be found in React-Select home page (here)
The aria-expanded property is not getting populated with the component during the runtime.
- We are trying to the achieve accessibility including the narrator and keyboard support.
- aria-expanded is the property that we are looking for.
- A similar functionality can be found in kendo-react-combobox
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with react-select v2 on the react-select home page, then trace the component's runtime ARIA output. Compare the behavior with the linked Kendo React ComboBox example. Done means aria-expanded is populated and the reported narrator and keyboard accessibility behavior works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100