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Accessibility: Consider replacing CodeMirror with Monaco for visual editor
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Description
I assume this is already under discussion and as planned, but wanted to officially file to track this issue.
Unlike their official reference, CodeMirror has lots of accessibility issues and overhead. Monaco is the most accessible editor that I have ever tested and this is great because Monaco is VSCode's native editor.
If I rank the editor in terms of accessibility: Monaco (the best), followed by CodeMirror (somewhat usable), followed by Ace (the worst).
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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 with the visual editor and its current CodeMirror integration, then review the accessibility rationale in issue #156. The issue names no files or tests; done would require an agreed editor replacement and accessibility validation for the visual editor.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100