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[Drag & Drop blocks] Disable dragging when a screen reader is enabled #4819

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fluiddot opened this issue May 3, 2022 · 1 comment
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[Drag & Drop blocks] Disable dragging when a screen reader is enabled #4819

fluiddot opened this issue May 3, 2022 · 1 comment
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The dragging gesture can be performed when a screen reader (like VoiceOver or TalkBack) is enabled by the long-press gesture, however, we found the following issues:

  • Dragging should be enabled by the command "Tap twice and hold" (reference), not the long-press gesture.
  • There's no indication about when a block is being dragged and dropped, nor the dropping location.

For these reasons, we should consider disabling the dragging until we fully support screen readers. Additionally, as the editor already provides support for moving a block via the up/down arrows, disabling the drag & drop shouldn't impact the user experience.
@fluiddot fluiddot moved this from Todo to In Progress in Gutenberg Mobile: Drag & Drop blocks feature May 5, 2022
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@fluiddot fluiddot moved this from In Progress to In Review in Gutenberg Mobile: Drag & Drop blocks feature May 5, 2022
@fluiddot fluiddot changed the title [Drag & Drop blocks] Disable dragging when VoiceOver is enabled [Drag & Drop blocks] Disable dragging when a screen reader is enabled May 6, 2022
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fluiddot commented May 6, 2022

Closing this issue as it was addressed in WordPress/gutenberg#40852.

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Repository owner moved this from In Review to Done in Gutenberg Mobile: Drag & Drop blocks feature May 6, 2022
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