Files
sure/app/components/DS
Guillem Arias Fauste 25bb394378 fix(design-system): DS::Select a11y — fix aria-expanded, listbox keyboard nav, label binding (#1848)
* fix(design-system): DS::Select a11y — fix aria-expanded, listbox keyboard nav, label binding

Closes #1744. Several concrete bugs from the savings-goals audit:

1. **`aria-expanded` wired to the wrong state.** The template had
   `aria-expanded="<%= @selected_value.present? ? "true" : "false" %>"`,
   which is "has a value been chosen", not "is the menu open".
   AT users heard a misleading signal on every page load.
   Init to `"false"`; the Stimulus controller's openMenu/close
   already correctly maintains the attribute after that.

2. **`aria-labelledby` referenced a nonexistent id.** The trigger
   pointed at `"#{method}_label"`, but the rendered `<label>` had
   no id at all — the binding silently failed. Add
   `id: "#{method}_label"` to `form.label` so the reference
   actually resolves to the label text. Only emit
   `aria-labelledby` when there *is* a visible label.

3. **`tabindex="0"` on every option.** Listbox options should use
   roving tabindex (only the selected option is in tab order; the
   rest are reachable via ArrowUp/Down). Set
   `tabindex="0"` on the selected option only; `"-1"` on the rest.
   The select controller's `select()` handler keeps the roving
   invariant on user interaction.

4. **No keyboard navigation between options.** Add ArrowDown/Up
   (cycle), Home (first), End (last). The existing Enter/Escape
   handlers stay. ArrowUp/Down inside the search input is left
   alone so the input's caret behavior isn't hijacked.

5. **Search input had no accessible name.** Add an explicit
   `aria-label` matching the placeholder copy so AT users hear
   "search" when focus enters the field.

API unchanged. Builder-level routing fix in
`StyledFormBuilder#select` (calling DS::Select for `f.select(...)`
the same way `f.collection_select` already does) is intentionally
out of scope — it's a separate translation pass for the choices
format. Documented as a follow-up.

* fix(review): bridge search input to visible options in DS::Select

ArrowDown/Up from the search input now focus the first/last visible
option, and keyboard navigation operates on visible options only. After
typing a search query, the controller promotes the first visible option
to tabindex="0" so Tab can land on it even when the previously
tab-eligible option is filtered out.

Addresses Codex review on PR #1848 (issue #1744).

* fix(review): include trigger in DS::Select aria-labelledby

Codex P2 follow-up on #1848: \`aria-labelledby=\"#{method}_label\"\`
makes the trigger button's accessible name come solely from the
external form label — that overrides the button's own text node
(\`selected_item[:label]\` / placeholder). Screen readers therefore
announce only "Currency" without ever hearing the selected "USD"
unless the user opens the listbox.

Give the trigger \`id=\"#{method}_trigger\"\` and reference both ids:
\`aria-labelledby=\"#{method}_label #{method}_trigger\"\`. The
accessible-name algorithm concatenates the two, so AT users now
hear \"<Label> <selected value>\" while \`aria-expanded\` /
\`aria-haspopup\` continue to convey the dropdown state.
2026-05-20 18:19:58 +02:00
..
2025-07-18 08:30:00 -04:00
2025-07-18 08:30:00 -04:00
2025-07-18 08:30:00 -04:00