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[Accessibility] Keyboard arrows interaction

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
accessibility, frontend

Research direction

The issue does not name a file or test. Start by locating the tablist keyboard interaction entry point and compare its behavior with the linked WAI-ARIA guidance; done means arrow keys traverse the tabs as recommended instead of requiring Tab for each movement.

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Description

When trying to interact trough the tabs with the keyboard, arrow keys don't traverse trough the tablist. The only way to go tough the tablist is with the Tab key. This is not the recommended behaviour as per wai-aria-practices.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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