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[TASK] CD: Provide a keyboard path for moving items between folders

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Description

Parent

Follow-up from #32591 / PR #37436 (Content Drive keybindings).

Problem

Moving items between folders in Content Drive is pointer-only. It is a drag from a listing row
onto a tree node, and there is no keyboard equivalent — no "Move to…" in the context menu that a
keyboard user can reach, no cut/paste pair.

#37436 made the listing keyboard-operable end to end: a roving tab stop reaches it, arrows walk it,
Shift + Arrow builds a range, and Escape backs out. A user can now select exactly the items they
want without a mouse and then has nowhere to go with them. That is the accessibility gap the
keyboard work made visible rather than one it introduced.

What "done" looks like

A keyboard-reachable path from a selection to a destination folder. Options, roughly in order of
cost:

  • a "Move to…" entry in the row context menu (the menu is already keyboard-reachable via the
    context-menu key) opening the existing folder picker
  • a cut/paste pair scoped to the listing
  • arrow-key navigation of the sidebar tree with an explicit "move selection here" action

Whichever is chosen must announce the outcome, not only perform it.

Where
  • core-web/libs/ui/src/lib/components/dot-folder-list-view/
  • core-web/libs/portlets/dot-content-drive/portlet/
  • Shortcut registry, if a combination is wanted:
    core-web/libs/ui/src/lib/services/dot-keyboard-shortcut/ — see
    docs/frontend/KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS.md

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in core-web/libs/ui/src/lib/components/dot-folder-list-view/ and core-web/libs/portlets/dot-content-drive/portlet/; trace how keyboard selection and the existing folder picker are wired. Review docs/frontend/KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS.md and the shortcut registry if a shortcut is considered. Done means a keyboard-reachable move path exists and announces its outcome.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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