processing / processing/processing-website
Improve top bar menu navigation for keyboard and screen reader users
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Since Mar 3, 2023.
Accessibility
Enhancement
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Description
The top bar of the Processing website's dropdowns are not properly accessible for keyboard and screen reader users.
Current behavior
- Tabbing through the top bar menu gives limited information about the nature and state of dropdown buttons.
Desired behavior
- When tabbing through the menu, screen reader should announce "[button name] menu button collapsed submenu."
- When pressing enter, screen reader should announce "expanded" and actually expand the submenu.
This can be achieved using aria-expanded and aria-controls.
Example
A good example of an accessible menu with dropdowns can be found here: https://www.audioeye.com/consultants/
References
Further information about dropdown accessibility can be found here: https://accessuse.eu/en/drop-down-menus.html
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