Accessibility. On front page I can't move focus away from the "your email" box.

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Mihkel Lukats

• April 02, 2020 12:18

I use vimium to navigate pages. On your front page ESC key doesn't take focus away from the text box therefore I can't activate vimium to navigate the page.
This is accessibility blunder I feel. 

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • April 02, 2020 17:33

  Hi Mihkel,

  I see what you're saying. Although hitting Escape is what 2 million people use to activate the search box. Are you able to activate vimium via a different keyboard shortcut while in WorkFlowy?

   

  ~ Frank

   

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  Mihkel Lukats

  • April 03, 2020 07:06

  > Although hitting Escape is what 2 million people use to activate the search box
  
  Google doesn't us it to activate search. Could you link to a large vendors who do? Your page is the first larger platform that I've seen where I've gotten stuck.
  
  > Are you able to activate vimium via a different keyboard shortcut while in WorkFlowy?
  
  I'd have to give it a custome mapping for workflowy. If it's a problem for me I'm sure it's also a problem for people who use https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/
  
  As a developer myself I'd expect Escape to remove focus. Like it does in Google. 

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • April 05, 2020 04:04

  Hi Mihkel,

  I understand exactly what you're saying about Escape... it's just that we've used it for a decade and our users are accustomed to it. It's not likely to change because people would not be happy :-(

   

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