Re: Action-2036 aria-keyshortcuts

Matt, please prepare a section in the APG that gives author guidance on use of aria-keyshortcut. Let’s see a proposal. 

Rich

Rich Schwerdtfeger




> On Apr 7, 2016, at 6:11 PM, Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jason,
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> I don't think that quick-nav mode keys are a good example of screen readers failing to avoid keys that may be used by applications. VoiceOver Quick-nav mode, JAWS virtual cursor mode, NVDA browse mode, and Window-Eyes brows mode are all example of how screen readers have made an effort to avoid conflicts. In that sense, they are similar to the VO key, the NVDA key, the JAWS key, and the WE key, all of which are screen reader specific modifiers that are also designed to avoid conflicts.
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> I would not recommend we include any language in the aria-keyshortcuts description that would encourage authors to use the application role to thwart users' ability to use any of these screen reader keys.
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> Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Jason J [mailto:jjwhite@ets.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 1:33 PM
> To: Matt King <a11ythinker@gmail.com>; 'Joseph Scheuhammer' <clown@alum.mit.edu>; 'Richard Schwerdtfeger' <richschwer@gmail.com>; 'ARIA' <public-aria@w3.org>
> Subject: RE: Action-2036 aria-keyshortcuts
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> Could you please provide some specific examples? I don't know that I 
>> have seen this type of conflict persist for long. Typically, screen 
>> reader developers regard them as screen reader bugs.
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> Any screen reader in browse/virtual viewer mode is a very good example, as it takes over most of the letter keys, some control key combinations, etc. Unless you're in a widget that switches it into focus mode, it's going to process these keystrokes first.
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> I recall recommendations, for example, about using Google Docs with JAWS under MS-Windows that the virtual cursor should be turned off. Key conflicts were, as I understand it, one of the reasons, e.g., use of unmodified letter keys.
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