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Not able to navigate through with the items of dropdowns under "Overview" using keyboard arrow keys: A11y_VisualStudioCodeServices_Uninstall Visual Studio Code_Overview_Usable
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Description
GitHub Tags:
#A11yTCS; #A11ySev4; #DesktopWeb; #ChromiumEdge; #BM_VisualStudioCodeServices_Web_July2024; #Visual Studio Code Services; #Win11; #FTP; #Desktopweb; #A11yUsable; #A11yUsablehigh
Environment Details:
Application Name: Visual Studio Code Services
URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/uninstall?dark-plus-v2#_windows
Microsoft Edge version 126.0.2592.68 (Official build) (64-bit)
Repro steps:
- Launch the application URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/uninstall?dark-plus-v2#_windows and press ENTER.
- "Uninstall Visual Studio Code" screen gets opened.
- TAB to "dropdowns" under "Overview".
- Observe that we are not able to navigate through with the items of dropdowns under "Overview" using keyboard arrow keys.
Actual:
Not able to navigate through with the items of dropdowns under "Overview" using keyboard arrow keys.
Note: Issue is repro with below URLs as well
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/uninstall?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/download?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/?dv=win64user&dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/command-line?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/introvideos?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/locales?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-debugging?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/csharp?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/debugging?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support-py?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/linting?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting?dark-plus-v2
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl?dark-plus-v2
Expected
we should be able to navigate through the dropdowns using arrow keys.
User Impact
Keyboard users will not be able to move quickly through the dropdowns of overview as they need to navigate through all the items of dropdowns using only TAB key.
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