microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Toolbox in text editors not screen-reader navigable
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accessibility
P2
screenreader
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 804
- Forks
- 721
- Avg merge
- 2d 9h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
On Edge/Windows/NVDA in beta -
- Turn on your favorite screen reader
- Open a project to JavaScript or Python editor
- Try to navigate through the Toolbox using keyboard controls and with screen reader support
You are not able to.
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
Reproduce the issue in the JavaScript and Python editors on Edge/Windows with NVDA, then inspect the Toolbox entry point and its keyboard interaction. Verify the behavior with screen-reader navigation and keyboard controls; done means the Toolbox can be traversed and operated accessibly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100