nextcloud / nextcloud/calendar

Replace character key shortcuts

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Accessibility issue.

There are keyboard shortcuts for activating different functions in the Calendar app. Shortcuts such as these can interfere with shortcuts used by some assistive technologies.

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Because of this the character key shortcuts should be replaced.

Suggested solution

  • Give an option to turn off keyboard shortcuts
  • Set them to only be active when the user is in the area they affect
  • Test so the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands

Please make sure that the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands (NVDA, Jaws, Orca).

See more here
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#character-key-shortcuts
https://webtest.bitv-test.de/index.php?a=di&iid=269&s=n

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by locating the Calendar app's character-key shortcut handling. Compare its behavior with the WCAG character-key-shortcuts guidance and test with NVDA, JAWS, and Orca; done means shortcuts can be disabled or scoped without interfering with screen-reader commands.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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