mui / mui/material-ui

VoiceOver Screenreader (blind) user blocked by drawer on iOS (WCAG)

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accessibility scope: drawer type: bug
Dominant language
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Description

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Steps to reproduce 🕹

Steps:

surf to https://v4.mui.com/components/drawers/
scroll down to Temporary Drawer example
start VoiceOver
Choose "LEFT" menu (click and then double click). menu appears and rest of screen darkens
user is forced to choose a menu option.
User cannot close menu by touching dark part of screen

Current behavior 😯

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Expected behavior 🤔

user should be able to close the menu in a generic way

Context 🔦

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Your environment 🌎
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First steps

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Research direction

Start with the Temporary Drawer example at https://v4.mui.com/components/drawers/ and reproduce the LEFT drawer flow using VoiceOver on iOS. Trace the Drawer behavior around the darkened area, then verify that VoiceOver users have a generic way to close the menu without selecting an option.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ios, javascript, react
Domain
accessibility, frontend, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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