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[focusgroup] create a default visual indicator?

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Description

It has been expressed in accessibility discussions (990 and aria-1947) that providing a visual indicator for a focusgroup could be helpful even for sighted users as a clear pattern to know that a group can be navigated with arrow keys.

Perhaps there is room for a new user agent default stylesheet CSS pseudo class? E.g.,

   [focusgroup]:focus-within {
        /* ua-default visual styles */
    }

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Research direction

Start by reading the focusgroup discussion in issue 990 and the linked W3C ARIA issue 1947, then evaluate the proposed user-agent stylesheet and :focus-within example. Done would require a settled specification decision about whether a default visual indicator belongs in focusgroup behavior and what it should define; no implementation files or tests are identified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
accessibility
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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