Accessibility: "Channels" button in global header is not selectable with keyboard

[mattermod]

Steps to reproduce

• With your mouse, click in the top-left corner of the global header to set the focus starting point
• TAB to the ‘Channels’ icon/text button with your keyboard
• Press ENTER or SPACE

Observed

• Nothing happens

Expected

• It should open the product switcher menu just like clicking on this button does
• Once the menu is open, it should focus on the first menu item in the product switcher (see linked ticket)

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JIRA: https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/MM-55270

[ighmaZ]

Can i work on this?

[ighmaZ]

@AshishDhama , when I try to reproduce the issue on my local machine and click on the channels icon, nothing happens. It was supposed to open the product switcher.

[AshishDhama]

@ighmaZ

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May be you can connect with @matthewbirtch for further information.

[matthewbirtch]

As @AshishDhama demonstrated, clicking with a mouse on 'Channels' in the header opens the product switcher menu. @ighmaZ this ticket is about accessing the channels button using the keyboard. Right now the problem is that you can TAB to "Channels" in the global header, but SPACE or ENTER do not open the menu as expected.

[nikhilskul7]

Is this up for grabs?

[matthewbirtch]

@ighmaZ should we assume you're no longer working on this? We haven't seen any PRs associated to this ticket. If you're no longer working on it we can assign to @nikhilskul7