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Forum does not support TAB or ESC functionality #11801

Description

@JManion32

Describe the bug

Above text areas in the forum, there is an accessibility message that says "Press TAB to indent. Press ESC to advance from answer area." However, when I press TAB, it uses its default behavior and switches focus to another element lower on the page. When I press ESC, nothing happens.

Expected behavior

There are 2 Solutions:

  1. Pressing TAB should not use default behavior, and instead insert a tab character into the text area. ESC should be used to switch focus instead. A potential issue with here is that the DOM's undo/redo stack would likely be disrupted.
  2. Alter accessibility message to state actual functionality.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create or Edit a thread in the discussion forum
  2. See "Press TAB to indent. Press ESC to advance from answer area." above the text area.
  3. Attempt to use TAB or ESC
  4. Observe that result does not match what is intended

Configuration

  • OS: Windows 11
  • Browser Chrome and Firefox

Video

In this video, I press TAB several times, then navigate back to the text area and press ESC several times.

pressing.tab.then.escape.mp4

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