Desktop: Accessibility: Fix screen reader doesn't read Goto Anything search results or help button label

packages/app-desktop/gui/HelpButton.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 const { connect } = require('react-redux');
 import { themeStyle } from '@joplin/lib/theme';
 import { AppState } from '../app.reducer';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
 
 interface Props {
 	tip: string;
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ interface Props {
 	themeId: number;
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 	style: any;
+
+	'aria-controls'?: string;
+	'aria-expanded'?: string;
 }
 
 class HelpButtonComponent extends React.Component<Props> {
@@ -29,11 +33,21 @@ class HelpButtonComponent extends React.Component<Props> {
 		const helpIconStyle = { flex: 0, width: 16, height: 16, marginLeft: 10 };
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
 		const extraProps: any = {};
-		if (this.props.tip) extraProps['data-tip'] = this.props.tip;
+		if (this.props.tip) {
+			extraProps['data-tip'] = this.props.tip;
+			extraProps['aria-description'] = this.props.tip;
+		}
 		return (
-			<a href="#" style={style} onClick={this.onClick} {...extraProps}>
-				<i style={helpIconStyle} className={'fa fa-question-circle'}></i>
-			</a>
+			<button
+				style={style}
+				onClick={this.onClick}
+				className='flat-button'
+				aria-controls={this.props['aria-controls']}
+				aria-expanded={this.props['aria-expanded']}
+				{...extraProps}
+			>
+				<i style={helpIconStyle} className={'fa fa-question-circle'} role='img' aria-label={_('Help')}></i>
+			</button>
 		);
 	}
 }

packages/app-desktop/gui/ItemList.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ interface Props<ItemType> {
 	itemRenderer: (item: ItemType, index: number)=> React.JSX.Element;
 	className?: string;
 	onItemDrop?: DragEventHandler<HTMLElement>;
+
+	id?: string;
+	role?: string;
+	'aria-label'?: string;
 }
 
 interface State {
@@ -164,7 +168,20 @@ class ItemList<ItemType> extends React.Component<Props<ItemType>, State> {
 		if (this.props.className) classes.push(this.props.className);
 
 		return (
-			<div ref={this.listRef} className={classes.join(' ')} style={style} onScroll={this.onScroll} onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown} onDrop={this.onDrop}>
+			<div
+				ref={this.listRef}
+				className={classes.join(' ')}
+				style={style}
+
+				id={this.props.id}
+				role={this.props.role}
+				aria-label={this.props['aria-label']}
+				aria-setsize={items.length}
+
+				onScroll={this.onScroll}
+				onKeyDown={this.onKeyDown}
+				onDrop={this.onDrop}
+			>
 				{itemComps}
 			</div>
 		);

packages/app-desktop/gui/styles/flat-button.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+.flat-button {
+	border: none;
+	background: transparent;
+	color: inherit;
+	padding: 0;
+}

packages/app-desktop/gui/styles/help-text.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+.help-text {
+	color: var(--joplin-color);
+	line-height: var(--joplin-line-height);
+	font-family: var(--joplin-font-family);
+	font-size: var(--joplin-font-size);
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+
+	&[hidden] {
+		display: none;
+	}
+}

packages/app-desktop/gui/styles/index.scss

@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 @use './dialog-modal-layer.scss';
 @use './user-webview-dialog.scss';
 @use './prompt-dialog.scss';
+@use './flat-button.scss';
+@use './help-text.scss';
 @use './toolbar-button.scss';
 @use './editor-toolbar.scss';

packages/app-desktop/plugins/GotoAnything.tsx

@@ -93,9 +93,13 @@ const getContentMarkupLanguageAndBody = (result: GotoAnythingSearchResult, notes
 // result, we use this function - which returns either the item_id, if present,
 // or the note ID.
 const getResultId = (result: GotoAnythingSearchResult) => {
-	return result.item_id ? result.item_id : result.id;
+	// This ID used as a DOM ID for accessibility purposes, so it is prefixed to prevent
+	// name collisions.
+	return `goto-anything-result-${result.item_id ? result.item_id : result.id}`;
 };
 
+const itemListId = 'goto-anything-item-list';
+
 class GotoAnything {
 
 	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types -- Old code before rule was applied
@@ -192,7 +196,6 @@ class DialogComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 				borderBottomColor: theme.dividerColor,
 				boxSizing: 'border-box',
 			},
-			help: { ...theme.textStyle, marginBottom: 10 },
 			inputHelpWrapper: { display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center' },
 		};
 
@@ -530,23 +533,37 @@ class DialogComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 		});
 	}
 
-	public renderItem(item: GotoAnythingSearchResult) {
+	public renderItem(item: GotoAnythingSearchResult, index: number) {
 		const theme = themeStyle(this.props.themeId);
 		const style = this.style();
-		const isSelected = getResultId(item) === this.state.selectedItemId;
+		const resultId = getResultId(item);
+		const isSelected = resultId === this.state.selectedItemId;
 		const rowStyle = isSelected ? style.rowSelected : style.row;
 		const titleHtml = item.fragments
 			? `<span style="font-weight: bold; color: ${theme.color};">${item.title}</span>`
 			: surroundKeywords(this.state.keywords, item.title, `<span style="font-weight: bold; color: ${theme.searchMarkerColor}; background-color: ${theme.searchMarkerBackgroundColor}">`, '</span>', { escapeHtml: true });
 
 		const fragmentsHtml = !item.fragments ? null : surroundKeywords(this.state.keywords, item.fragments, `<span style="color: ${theme.searchMarkerColor}; background-color: ${theme.searchMarkerBackgroundColor}">`, '</span>', { escapeHtml: true });
 
-		const folderIcon = <i style={{ fontSize: theme.fontSize, marginRight: 2 }} className="fa fa-book" />;
+		const folderIcon = <i style={{ fontSize: theme.fontSize, marginRight: 2 }} className="fa fa-book" role='img' aria-label={_('Notebook')} />;
 		const pathComp = !item.path ? null : <div style={style.rowPath}>{folderIcon} {item.path}</div>;
 		const fragmentComp = !fragmentsHtml ? null : <div style={style.rowFragments} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: (fragmentsHtml) }}></div>;
 
 		return (
-			<div key={getResultId(item)} className={isSelected ? 'selected' : null} style={rowStyle} onClick={this.listItem_onClick} data-id={item.id} data-parent-id={item.parent_id} data-type={item.type}>
+			<div
+				key={resultId}
+				className={isSelected ? 'selected' : null}
+				style={rowStyle}
+				onClick={this.listItem_onClick}
+
+				data-id={item.id}
+				data-parent-id={item.parent_id}
+				data-type={item.type}
+
+				role='option'
+				id={resultId}
+				aria-posinset={index + 1}
+			>
 				<div style={style.rowTitle} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: titleHtml }}></div>
 				{fragmentComp}
 				{pathComp}
@@ -619,6 +636,9 @@ class DialogComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 		return (
 			<ItemList
 				ref={this.itemListRef}
+				id={itemListId}
+				role='listbox'
+				aria-label={_('Search results')}
 				itemHeight={style.itemHeight}
 				items={this.state.results}
 				style={itemListStyle}
@@ -629,14 +649,40 @@ class DialogComponent extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
 	public render() {
 		const style = this.style();
-		const helpComp = !this.state.showHelp ? null : <div className="help-text" style={style.help}>{_('Type a note title or part of its content to jump to it. Or type # followed by a tag name, or @ followed by a notebook name. Or type : to search for commands.')}</div>;
+		const helpTextId = 'goto-anything-help-text';
+		const helpComp = (
+			<div
+				className='help-text'
+				aria-live='polite'
+				id={helpTextId}
+				style={style.help}
+				hidden={!this.state.showHelp}
+			>{_('Type a note title or part of its content to jump to it. Or type # followed by a tag name, or @ followed by a notebook name. Or type : to search for commands.')}</div>
+		);
 
 		return (
-			<Dialog className="go-to-anything-dialog" onCancel={this.modalLayer_onDismiss} contentStyle={style.dialogBox}>
+			<Dialog className='go-to-anything-dialog' onCancel={this.modalLayer_onDismiss} contentStyle={style.dialogBox}>
 				{helpComp}
 				<div style={style.inputHelpWrapper}>
-					<input autoFocus type="text" style={style.input} ref={this.inputRef} value={this.state.query} onChange={this.input_onChange} onKeyDown={this.input_onKeyDown} />
-					<HelpButton onClick={this.helpButton_onClick} />
+					<input
+						autoFocus
+						type='text'
+						style={style.input}
+						ref={this.inputRef}
+						value={this.state.query}
+						onChange={this.input_onChange}
+						onKeyDown={this.input_onKeyDown}
+
+						aria-describedby={helpTextId}
+						aria-autocomplete='list'
+						aria-controls={itemListId}
+						aria-activedescendant={this.state.selectedItemId}
+					/>
+					<HelpButton
+						onClick={this.helpButton_onClick}
+						aria-controls={helpTextId}
+						aria-expanded={this.state.showHelp}
+					/>
 				</div>
 				{this.renderList()}
 			</Dialog>