Merge pull request #3587 from matrix-org/t3chguy/a11y_message_actions_bar

Improve A11Y of timeline. Show timestamp & Actions on focus-within

src/components/views/messages/DateSeparator.js

@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ export default class DateSeparator extends React.Component {
 
     render() {
         // ARIA treats <hr/>s as separators, here we abuse them slightly so manually treat this entire thing as one
-        return <h2 className="mx_DateSeparator" role="separator">
+        // tab-index=-1 to allow it to be focusable but do not add tab stop for it, primarily for screen readers
+        return <h2 className="mx_DateSeparator" role="separator" tabIndex={-1}>
             <hr role="none" />
             <div>{ this.getLabel() }</div>
             <hr role="none" />

src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js

@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ export default class MessageActionBar extends React.PureComponent {
             />;
         }
 
-        return <div className="mx_MessageActionBar">
+        // aria-live=off to not have this read out automatically as navigating around timeline, gets repetitive.
+        return <div className="mx_MessageActionBar" role="toolbar" aria-label={_t("Message Actions")} aria-live="off">
             {reactButton}
             {replyButton}
             {editButton}

src/components/views/messages/MessageTimestamp.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class MessageTimestamp extends React.Component {
     render() {
         const date = new Date(this.props.ts);
         return (
-            <span className="mx_MessageTimestamp" title={formatFullDate(date, this.props.showTwelveHour)}>
+            <span className="mx_MessageTimestamp" title={formatFullDate(date, this.props.showTwelveHour)} aria-hidden={true}>
                 { formatTime(date, this.props.showTwelveHour) }
             </span>
         );

src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const TextForEvent = require('../../../TextForEvent');
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher';
 import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import {EventStatus, MatrixClient} from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import {formatTime} from "../../../DateUtils";
 
 const ObjectUtils = require('../../../ObjectUtils');
 
@@ -786,14 +787,19 @@ module.exports = createReactClass({
                     this.props.permalinkCreator,
                     'replyThread',
                 );
+                // tab-index=-1 to allow it to be focusable but do not add tab stop for it, primarily for screen readers
                 return (
-                    <div className={classes}>
+                    <div className={classes} tabIndex={-1}>
                         <div className="mx_EventTile_msgOption">
                             { readAvatars }
                         </div>
                         { sender }
                         <div className="mx_EventTile_line">
-                            <a href={permalink} onClick={this.onPermalinkClicked}>
+                            <a
+                                href={permalink}
+                                onClick={this.onPermalinkClicked}
+                                aria-label={formatTime(new Date(this.props.mxEvent.getTs()), this.props.isTwelveHour)}
+                            >
                                 { timestamp }
                             </a>
                             { this._renderE2EPadlock() }

src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json

@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@
     "React": "React",
     "Reply": "Reply",
     "Edit": "Edit",
+    "Message Actions": "Message Actions",
     "Options": "Options",
     "Attachment": "Attachment",
     "Error decrypting attachment": "Error decrypting attachment",