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fix(input): clear button can be navigated using screen reader (#29366)
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Issue number: resolves #29358

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## What is the current behavior?
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When the clear button is focused, `focusin` is dispatched and bubbles up
to the `ion-input`. Our [scroll assist utility listens for
`focusin`](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/blob/2fc81ddc9b35d6909fd4b585079aedabbd659233/core/src/utils/input-shims/hacks/scroll-assist.ts#L135)
to adjust the scroll position. It also causes the input to be
re-focused. As a result, when swiping to the clear button with a screen
reader, focus will be forcibly moved back to the input. This means that
users cannot swipe away from the input to the right when using a screen
reader.

## What is the new behavior?
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- To fix this, I decided to have the `focusin` event from the clear
button not bubble (as opposed to add a really specific workaround to the
scroll assist utility).

Adding `stopPropagation` was easy enough, but it turned out that the
scroll assist listeners were all configured to listen during the capture
phase instead of the bubble phase. As a result, `stopPropgation` had no
effect because the scroll assist callback had already fired. To address
this, I updated the listeners to listen during the bubbling phase
instead of the capture phase. Based on my testing the capture phase was
not required for scroll assist to work, so it appears safe to remove.

## Does this introduce a breaking change?

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

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Dev build: `8.0.1-dev.11713535425.1a4afba3`

Reviewers: Please test this on a physical iOS device and be sure to test
the scroll assist behavior. There is a test at
http://localhost:3333/src/utils/input-shims/hacks/test you can use.
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liamdebeasi committed Apr 23, 2024
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions core/src/components/input/input.tsx
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ev.preventDefault();
}}
onFocusin={(ev) => {
/**
* Prevent the focusin event from bubbling otherwise it will cause the focusin
* event listener in scroll assist to fire. When this fires, focus will be moved
* back to the input even if the clear button was never tapped. This poses issues
* for screen readers as it means users would be unable to swipe past the clear button.
*/
ev.stopPropagation();
}}
onClick={this.clearTextInput}
>
<ion-icon aria-hidden="true" icon={mode === 'ios' ? closeCircle : closeSharp}></ion-icon>
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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions core/src/utils/input-shims/hacks/scroll-assist.ts
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Expand Up @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export const enableScrollAssist = (
const focusOut = () => {
hasKeyboardBeenPresentedForTextField = false;
win?.removeEventListener('ionKeyboardDidShow', keyboardShow);
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusout', focusOut, true);
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusout', focusOut);
};

/**
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);

win?.addEventListener('ionKeyboardDidShow', keyboardShow);
componentEl.addEventListener('focusout', focusOut, true);
componentEl.addEventListener('focusout', focusOut);
};

componentEl.addEventListener('focusin', focusIn, true);
componentEl.addEventListener('focusin', focusIn);

return () => {
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusin', focusIn, true);
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusin', focusIn);
win?.removeEventListener('ionKeyboardDidShow', keyboardShow);
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusout', focusOut, true);
componentEl.removeEventListener('focusout', focusOut);
};
};

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