Bug 157736 – AX: Audio and Video elements not accessible via keyboard

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: DUPLICATE
• Component: Accessibility

[David Storey]

Tests:

http://thepaciellogroup.github.io/AT-browser-tests/test-files/audio.html
http://thepaciellogroup.github.io/AT-browser-tests/test-files/video.html

Steps:

Try to tab to audio or video (possible) then interact with controls (usually tab and arrows in other browsers)

Expected:

To be able to focus controls and interact with them

Actual:

Not possible, unless VoiceOver is running, which you're not likely to be using if you have motor impairments rather than visual.

(apologies if a dupe, but I couldn't find one)

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/26292931>

[Marcy Sutton]

This is a serious accessibility problem preventing use of the default audio/video player and controls. Until it is fixed, we have to work around it with custom controls...a pretty big failing of otherwise useful HTML5 features.

[James Craig]

This is resolved (partially) in the Sierra betas. Shadow DOM controls now accept keyboard focus from patch to bug 117857, but visible focus is still hidden on a view due to bug 127260.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 117857 ***

[James Craig]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This is resolved (partially) in the Sierra betas. Shadow DOM controls now
> accept keyboard focus from patch to bug 117857, but visible focus is still
> hidden on a view due to bug 127260.

^ on a few.