1854042 - Buttons inside message row in table view are not keyboard accessible

Status: ASSIGNED

(Thunderbird :: Disability Access, defect, P3)

Description

[Elizabeth Mitchell]

Current Behavior:

• The buttons have been set to tabindex="-1" which does not allow them to be tabbed to.
• When as a developer I updated tabindex to be 0 for the buttons, Enter cannot be used to interact with the button.
• Using ENTER opens the message.

Expected Behavior:

• When a user navigates the cells inside a row, the buttons should be able to be pressed.
• When a button is selected in a table cell and Enter is pressed, the button should perform the same action as a click.

Notes:

• This likely effects all operating systems. Bug 1843486 addresses Windows with NVDA. Getting the basics of this working should help improve accessibility. Follow-up bugs will be needed to specifically address specific screen readers and operating system types.