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[Port dspace-7_x] Keyboard 'tab' key navigation improved#4314

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@oscar-escire oscar-escire commented May 9, 2025

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This PR improves tab navigation across the Dspace site, primarily targeting browsers like Safari that require explicit tags to properly detect the next focusable element.

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  • Open DSpace on Safari desktop navigator
  • Use tab to change between focusable elements
  • All elements like links, inputs, buttons or checkboxes will be focusable and selectable with tab in default order

List of changes in this PR:

  • Added role tag to interactive elements
  • Added tabindex over interactive elements to enable focusable

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@oscar-escire oscar-escire changed the title [Port Dspace-7.x] Keyboard 'tab' key navigation improved #4313 [Port Dspace-7.x] Keyboard 'tab' key navigation improved May 9, 2025
@tdonohue tdonohue added bug accessibility usability 1 APPROVAL pull request only requires a single approval to merge testathon Reported by a tester during Community Testathon labels May 9, 2025
@tdonohue tdonohue added this to the 7.6.4 milestone May 9, 2025
@tdonohue tdonohue moved this to 👍 Reviewer Approved in DSpace Maintenance (9.x, 8.x, 7.6.x) May 9, 2025
@tdonohue tdonohue changed the title [Port Dspace-7.x] Keyboard 'tab' key navigation improved [Port dspace-7_x] Keyboard 'tab' key navigation improved May 9, 2025
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👍 Thanks @oscar-escire ! This looks like an accurate backport to 7.x. Code looks good.

@tdonohue tdonohue merged commit f0ce4b2 into DSpace:dspace-7_x May 13, 2025
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@github-project-automation github-project-automation Bot moved this from 👍 Reviewer Approved to ✅ Done in DSpace Maintenance (9.x, 8.x, 7.6.x) May 13, 2025
@oscar-escire oscar-escire deleted the new-dspace-7_x branch February 6, 2026 21:26
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