Hotkey to activate the browser extension:

[jamalmazrui]

Project

extension-checker

Browser

Chrome

Operating System

Windows

Automated testing tool and ruleset.

No response

Assistive technology

JAWS

Description

An efficient hotkey would be available.

Steps to reproduce

Although it is possible to reach the Accessibility Checker tab within Chrome developer tools. It is tedious and clunky enough that I hope a hotkey could be implemented to get there directly -- e.g., Control+Shift+A for Accessibility Checker. Currently, a screen reader user, or other keyboard user, has to press F12 and then repeatedly press the [ or ] key, listening closely to the speech response because the names of the several tabs are unfamiliar and some suggest an accessibility inspection but are not the appropriate tab for the IBM extension. Even better, the hotkey would activate the extension and start an automated scan on the current browser page. I understand if the Chrome API does not make this possible. Microsoft Accessibility Insights does have a hotkey to activate the extension, but I realize that it is not located as a tab within developer tools (it creates its own window).

[philljenkins]

@jamalmazrui there is a way to re-order the tabs in the DevTools, so I move the "Accessibility Checker" tab to the beginning of the list to make it easier to operate by reducing the number of tab stops.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/customize#:~:text=Additionally%2C%20you%20can%20move%20panels,from%20the%20drop%2Ddown%20menu.

[tombrunet]

One hotkey we have, one we can't, and one we might be able to add:

• Ctrl+Alt+S will initiate a scan from wherever you are if the checker panel is already open.
• As you noted, Chrome doesn't allow us to open the panel. I have an open issue with Chromium for that, but not holding my breath: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/326554281
• By design, Ctrl+Alt+S does not grab focus unless your focus is already within the checker panel. We can look into another hotkey that would jump to our panel.