Replace character key shortcuts

[JuliaKirschenheuter]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Accessibility issue.

There are keyboard shortcuts for activating different functions in the Calendar app. Shortcuts such as these can interfere with shortcuts used by some assistive technologies.

Because of this the character key shortcuts should be replaced.

Suggested solution

• Give an option to turn off keyboard shortcuts
• Set them to only be active when the user is in the area they affect
• Test so the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands

Please make sure that the shortcuts don’t interfere with screen reader commands (NVDA, Jaws, Orca).

See more here
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#character-key-shortcuts
https://webtest.bitv-test.de/index.php?a=di&iid=269&s=n

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[nickvergessen]

Server PR for a global setting to opt out of keyboard shortcuts to satisfy accessibility is in:

• Add global setting to disable keyboad shortcuts server#34081

Method to check: OCP.Accessibility.disableKeyboardShortcuts()

If that is true the app(s) must not register ANY shortcuts.

[szaimen]

If that is true the app(s) must not register ANY shortcuts.

I disagree. Shortcuts with modifier key and probably also ESC are always okay IIRC.

cc @jancborchardt

[nickvergessen]

I disagree. Shortcuts with modifier key and probably also ESC are always okay IIRC.

This was the outcome of the accessibility review. We have a global setting which disables everything and done.
It heavily depends on the screenreader and tools that you use if Ctrl and/or Alt or other things are okay to use or not. And since maintaining a more detailed list is too much effort, we have a global on/off