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Testing feedback: Editor: Try a fixed block toolbar #2259
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Test done by Gabriela Ninohttp://wpaccess.org/gutenberg/ Keyboard only test:I could not figure it out how to access the toolbar. After selecting text in the block, I did not find how to move from the block to the toolbar. In the old version, we use tab and tab + shift to move from the block to the toolbar and vice versa. In this version I tried the same, it didn't work. I tried with enter, space bar without success. I'm not aware if there is a keyboard shortcut to acces the toolbar. VoiceOverI got the same problem with VoiceOver. I could not access the toolbar with VO command or tab and tab + shift. I'm not sure if accessibility was already implemented in this patch, but the experience with VO is that the block and the toolbar are completely disconnected from one each other. In the old version, I'm able to navigate from the block to the toolbar (although VO does not announce that there is a toolbar and interaction between elements were not perfect). Overall impressionI see a positive point using a fixed bar, it could make easier to navigate from one block to another, which could be really nice when several blocks are in the page. Not having to tab to the blocks' toolbars will make faster moving between blocks. But I think that the interaction patterns will need to be studied in deep thought if this solution is chosen to keep. Both, new and old version, are missing the next points for VoiceOver:
The points below are not solutions, but they might be used as start points for a reflexion for the next steps of the Gutenberg project. |
Yes, in the PR, accessibility is not handled yet, I'd love to implement this (though, I may need some guidance on the best way to approach it). I'd really like if we can compare the two approaches regardless of the accessibility concerns. Does this reduce the distraction of the blocks toolbar showing up constantly? Do we lose some "context" here because the toolbar is not tied to the block? Is is an acceptable tradeoff? |
This is really amazing feedback, thanks so much for running this test and summarizing, @rianrietveld! Also thanks to Gabriela Nino for testing :) |
Worth noting to move from the block to the toolbar there's the shortcut Alt+F10, which is the same shortcut a;ready used in the current editor. Escape moves focus back from the toolbar to the edited block, same as in the current editor. |
Closing as we support both a header-level toolbar and toolbar-next-to-block now. |
Issue Overview
People are complaining about the block toolbar showing up constantly and disturbing their writing flow, the PR by @youknowriad explores the possibility to use a fixed a block toolbar at the top. And its content change depending on the selected block.
Related Issues and/or PRs
User testing of Editor: Try a fixed block toolbar: #2148
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