[GUACAMOLE-1445] Accessibility improvements for use with keyboard only / screenreader

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: guacamole
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Böhm
• Created: 12/Oct/21 17:37
• Updated: 30/Jul/24 13:44

Description

Guacamole should be usable without any mouse interaction to pass software accessibility audits and for it to work with screenreaders. It should be possible to reach all menus and functions of Guacamole with keyboard only (tab, arrows, enter). Furthermore there should be a clearly visible focus on the button or element that is currently chosen.

We found the following issues regarding the points listed above:

• "All Connections" ->  Folder with nested connections cannot be opened without the mouse (plus icon is not reachable via tab)
• Menu in the upper right corner (labeled with the username) including Settings and Logout is not reachable via tab
• Any setting in the Ctrl + Alt + Shift menu cannot be reached without setting the focus with the mouse first
• "Disconnected" menu after loging out of a session cannot be focussed without mouse. The focus should be on this menu automatically after logout and the buttons should be usable via tabulator key and highlighted properly.

We would highly appreciate if you would decide to make Guacamole accessible to everyone with the proposed changes and can support with testing.

Issue Links

• relates to: GUACAMOLE-1724 Focus on credential field during RDP connection