1831493 - [a11y] Consider making the clickable search bar items larger

Status: NEW

(Firefox for Android :: Toolbar, defect, P3)

Description

[Delia Pop (Android QA)]

Attachment: Consider making the clickable search bar items larger.jpg

Steps to reproduce

1. Have Google Accessibility Scanner enabled.
2. Open the app.
3. Tap the search bar and scan the search bar.
4. Type in some characters and scan the search bar.
5. Observe the suggestions.

Expected behavior

No suggestions are made.

Actual behavior

The following suggestions are made for the search bar elements:

• Search selector button without focusing the search bar:
  Consider making this clickable item larger. This item's height is 28dp. Consider making the height of this touch target 48dp or larger.

• Search selector button when focusing the search bar:
  Consider making this clickable item larger. This item's height is 40dp. Consider making the height of this touch target 48dp or larger.

• "Cancel" button:
  Consider making this clickable item larger.
  This item's size is 40dp x 40dp. Consider making this touch target 48dp wide and 48dp high or larger.

• Microphone button:
  Consider making this clickable item larger.
  This item's size is 40dp x 40dp. Consider making this touch target 48dp wide and 48dp high or larger.

Device information

• Firefox version: Nightly 114.0a1 from 05/05
• Android device model: Lenovo Yoga Tab 11
• Android OS version: Android 11

Any additional information?

Comment 1

[Joe M [:jmahon]]

We're going to treat this as a non-blocker for Unified Search, and instead come back to resolve it alongside the other Accessibility Scanner items indexed in Bug 1816534.

Comment 2

[❌ Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi] ❌ On leave until 2027-01-04]

More on touch target sizes on Android in the BBC A11y Guide and in the WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.5.5

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The severity field for this bug is set to S4. However, the accessibility severity is higher, .
:skhan, could you consider increasing the severity?

For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 4

[Mike a [:mavduevskiy]]

Attachment: Screenshot 2023-10-23 at 6.03.45 PM.png

FYI for whoever picks it up:

There was an attempt to fix it through increasing the tap area, but tapping outside of the toolbar area (see the image) doesn't register as the click on the item.

As for the bot comment: all icons are of 40 area, including unified search, which is 8dp difference from the recommended one. We hardly are blocking anything.

Comment 5

[Tiffanie Shakespeare [:tif]]

@aarjav - can you take a look at this bug and see if this is still an issue? thank you!

Comment 6

[Aarjav [:aarjav]]

Yes, a part of the concerns raised in the bug may still be an issue, this will be addressed by phase 2 of the toolbar redesign that focuses on the address bar refactor.