[toolbar] should disabled toolbar items remain focusable
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Description
It says on MDN:
"If any of the otherwise interactive elements within the toolbar are temporarily disabled, consider letting them remain focusable so screen reader users can be made aware of their presence."
Should we provide something to achieve this?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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
Start by reviewing the toolbar guidance in the Open UI specification alongside the cited MDN recommendation. The issue names no file, test, or entry point; work is complete when the project has a decided, documented way to keep disabled toolbar items focusable, or records why no such capability should be provided.
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Assessment
- Domain
- accessibility
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100