New messages should be announced via `aria-live="polite"`
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Description
New messages should be announced via
aria-live="polite"**, including author and message content, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Live_Regions
Extracted from https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/6801
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- 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
Search the JavaScript chat UI for where new messages are rendered and start by reading the related message component and its existing tests, if present. Use the linked MDN guidance to determine the announcement behavior; done means new messages politely announce both the author and message content.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100