Send focus to the top post when the update button is clicked

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NPR's liveblog rig 2.0

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Send focus to the top post when the update button is clicked #69

Closed thomaswilburn closed 4 years ago

thomaswilburn commented 4 years ago

We don't currently move focus from the button, which is good in that it's predictable behavior, but bad in that screen readers and keyboard users don't really get a useful experience out of it. We should:

alert users using aria-live when new posts come in, if we don't already
consider using SR-only hidden content classes for hidden posts, since it doesn't make any sense for a screen reader
move focus when the button is pressed.
send focus when it appears?

thomaswilburn commented 4 years ago

Actually going to go ahead and close this--we already use SR-only hidden classes for posts, so they don't really need to pay attention to the button. We could mark it as aria-live, but I'm a little worried about interrupting readers. I think for right now, it's fine.