rhventures / rhventures/react-native-dropdown-selector

Make the dropdown navigable by keyboard

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A11y
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

This might seem unnecessary at first, but some accessibility devices use keyboard input to navigate apps and their components.

We should make the dropdown react to key strikes like , , Tab.

What each key strike does: TBD

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Research direction

Start by locating the dropdown component and its current interaction behavior. Define what the ↑, ↓, and Tab keys should do, since the issue leaves those behaviors as TBD, then verify that the agreed keyboard interactions work for accessibility-device users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react-native, typescript
Domain
accessibility, frontend, mobile
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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