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Combobox: focus issues when accessing suggestions with Narrator

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
html, javascript
Domain
accessibility, frontend

Research direction

Start by locating the combobox example and the code handling textbox focus and suggestions. Reproduce the issue with Narrator and the Down Arrow; it is done when focus remains on the textbox while the arrow navigates the active descendant.

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Description

bug os: windows screen reader: narrator

With keyboard focus on textbox, pressing down key results in textbox losing focus. Focus should remain on textbox, while ARROW key navigates active descendant.

Dominant language
HTML
Stars
85
Forks
11
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
13

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