Tabster doesn't handle native audio and video elements
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- TypeScript
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Description
This is partially addressed by #368, which allows focus to reach the container of the audio/video elements.
However, even after this, tabbing doesn't reach the controls within the audio/video element's shadow DOM. For comparison, tab through the example on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/video. In a page with tabster, tab does not reach the play button, volume control, menu button, or seek bar.
This issue came up tangentially, and isn't yet actively impacting a partner team (or at least not that I know of).
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 reproducing the MDN video example with Tabster enabled and compare keyboard focus behavior with the native audio/video controls. Trace the focus-handling entry points for native elements and their shadow DOM; done means tabbing reaches the play button, volume control, menu button, and seek bar.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- html, typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100