1912269 - Keyboard navigation cursor is not displayed when reaching the ChatGPT "Open sidebar" button

Status: NEW

(Core :: Machine Learning, defect)

Description

[Rares Doghi, Desktop QA]

Attachment: KeyboardFocus.mp4

Found in

• Beta 130.0b2

Affected versions

• 131.0a1 (2024-08-08)
• Beta 130.0b2

Affected platforms

• Windows

Steps to reproduce

1. Reach about:preferences > Firefox labs.
2. Enable the AI chatbot.
3. Select the Chat GPT from the Ai provider dropdown.
4. Use Keyboard navigation in order to reach the Open Sidebar button from the ChatGPT panel

Expected result

• The Blue navigation cursor should be displayed for the Open Sidebar button from the GPT panel.

Actual result

• There is no Blue focus ring when reaching the Open sidebar button.

Regression range
Not a regression.

Comment 1

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Missing focus indicators is an access-S2 issue that makes this part of the UI inaccessible for users of assistive technologies, especially those relying on keyboard alone, because it is not clear what is, if anything, is currently focused and what could happen, if this invisible element is activated. This also makes the navigation with keyboard unpredictable.

Learn more about focus in the HTML Living Standard and about ways to develop an accessible keyboard interface with discernible and predictable focus indication in the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices Guide.

This appears to be an accessibility issue on the side of the chatbot service. Firefox team would need to pass this information to the provider, but until it is resolved, I'm marking this bug as stalled.