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Ability for Screen Readers to Navigate by page

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Description

Your idea

Currently there is no way for a screen reader user to navigate to the next/previous page. Page Up/Down keys and Ctrl + Page up/Down only scroll the view but do not move the focus.

Suggest that Ctrl + Page Up/Down moves the focus to the first note of the next/previous page. Leaving just Page up/Down to scroll the view for sighted users.

Alternatively a second option could be to assign Alt + Page Up/Down to move to next/previous page, shifting focus to the first note and also allow this to be a customisable shortcut so a blind user can change it to just Pg Up/Down if they desire as we have no need to be able to scroll the view without moving focus.

Problem to be solved

Allow blind users to be able to navigate by page. Currently there is no way of knowing where page breaks are or moving to them. See also #23780

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing the related issue #23780 and tracing existing page navigation, keyboard shortcuts, and focus behavior. Define which shortcut behavior is accepted, then verify that screen-reader users can move focus to the first note on adjacent pages without changing ordinary scrolling.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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