[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19394: Add ARIA attributes to the menus in the admin

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#19394: Add ARIA attributes to the menus in the admin
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 Reporter:  azaozz          |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Accessibility   |     Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback    |
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Changes (by DrewAPicture):

 * keywords:   => dev-feedback


Comment:

 I got some insight from an accessibility specialist in our Access Center
 at the college this morning. He offered up a couple of points on the
 tabbing behavior and ARIA role setting:

 * He applauds any efforts we're making to improve usability for people
 using adaptive technologies like screen readers.

 * He mentioned tabbing may not be as popular today as it once was (Due in
 part to the advancement of adaptive technologies).

 * The actual action of tabbing through the menus was straightforward and
 helpful, with the reader reading out the proper menu names as we went, but
 one thing that became immediately obvious was that the ability to
 simultaneously have multiple menus open wreaks havoc because opening a
 menu via enter essentially inserts items between top level items into the
 tabindex. See attachment:tabbed-menu-overlap.png

 So I think we may need to tackle how to enforce having single menus open
 at once, if possible. Hope that helps.

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