DP Aria for the dropdowns
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Description
Prerequisites
- I have searched for duplicate or closed feature requests
- I have read the contributing guidelines
Proposal
I'm asking why this component doesn't follow the design pattern aria https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/menubar/
i think It's much better for users to follow as much as possible DP.
Motivation and context
Most Bootstrap components follow the DP ARIA, why dropdowns not ?
For example, one of the most annoying, is that when using down and up arrows don't cycle in the menu list
Contributor guide
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
Begin with Bootstrap's dropdown component and compare its keyboard behavior with the linked WAI-ARIA APG menubar pattern. Define the required arrow-key behavior and verify the dropdown menu navigation against that pattern; done means the agreed ARIA keyboard interaction works consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- bootstrap, javascript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100