Focus is not going or moving to editor options when using tab keys( Bold, Italic etc..)

[fornandakishore]

Focus is not moving / going to editor options or buttons while using Tab key in the keyboard in WordPress default editor.

[talldanwp]

Hi @fornandakishore. You now use arrow keys to move between buttons once focus is in the toolbar. The toolbar implements a roving tab index pattern as per this example:
​https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/toolbar/toolbar.html

[fornandakishore]

Please find attachment for more Info

[fornandakishore]

Focus is not going to buttons toolbar. Please find the above comment attached video for more info.

[afercia]

Thanks for your report @fornandakishore. Worth noting the classic editor powered by TinyMCE isn't the WordPress "default editor" any longer, so this info in your report created a bit of confusion.

In the classic editor, keyboard users can move focus to the editor toolbar by pressing the keyboard shortcut Alt + F10. It always worked this way and it's mentioned in the Help at the top of the page, see attached screenshot.

Also, when tabbing away from the post title, focus jumps directly to the editor content. I think this behavior was originally implemented to prioritize the writing experience and allow keyboard users to jump from the post title to the content with just one Tab key press. I'm not saying this is ideal but it always worked this way and users are pretty used to that. Users can always Shift+Tab to move from the editor to the Visual / Text buttons, the Add media button etc.

[afercia]

This ticket was discussed during today's accessibility bug-scrub: the team agreed to move to Future Release for further consideration.

[joedolson]

In the accessibility bug scrub today, we decided that we considered this an issue we would not fix. The problem is mostly one of education; the Alt + F10 shortcut to access the toolbar isn't very obvious. However, we don't think it makes sense to change this element of how the toolbar works in the classic editor, given it's legacy status. We do still intend to change the other focus manipulations in the classic editor, however. See #29838.