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[Lisa Seeto <1887447@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The page "Plugin Administration: blocktype"
(admin/extensions/plugintypeconfig.php?plugintype=blocktype) needs to be
made accessible for keyboard navigation, and for screen readers.

Currently the page relies on a drag and drop option via the mouse to re-
order the blocks to prioritise the display order when they appear in the
configure block modal of the placeholder block.

Currently there is no way to achieve the block re-ordering without mouse
usage.  Is it possible to create a solution where a keyboard user can
select to "highlight" a block and then navigate to a new area, "place"
the block and have the block now appear there?

This may be a useful article about keyboard driven drag and drop
functionality that could provide some insight into solving this issue:
https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/4-major-patterns-for-accessible-drag-
and-drop-1d43f64ebf09

Some things to keep in mind for screen readers:
- The block title needs to be clearly labelled as well as the number of times it appears, i.e, "Image block, used 3 times"  also if there are any changes to the way this page labels the order of the blocks, i.e "Image block, used 3 times, position 1" than that will also need to be perceived by a screen reader.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: accessibility

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887447

Title:
  Plugin Administration: blocktype page needs to be made accessible

Status in Mahara:
  New

Bug description:
  The page "Plugin Administration: blocktype"
  (admin/extensions/plugintypeconfig.php?plugintype=blocktype) needs to
  be made accessible for keyboard navigation, and for screen readers.

  Currently the page relies on a drag and drop option via the mouse to
  re-order the blocks to prioritise the display order when they appear
  in the configure block modal of the placeholder block.

  Currently there is no way to achieve the block re-ordering without
  mouse usage.  Is it possible to create a solution where a keyboard
  user can select to "highlight" a block and then navigate to a new
  area, "place" the block and have the block now appear there?

  This may be a useful article about keyboard driven drag and drop
  functionality that could provide some insight into solving this issue:
  https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/4-major-patterns-for-accessible-drag-
  and-drop-1d43f64ebf09

  Some things to keep in mind for screen readers:
  - The block title needs to be clearly labelled as well as the number of times it appears, i.e, "Image block, used 3 times"  also if there are any changes to the way this page labels the order of the blocks, i.e "Image block, used 3 times, position 1" than that will also need to be perceived by a screen reader.

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