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Improve popover and tooltip accessibility in issues and merge requests across input methods

    • Open Issue created by Alexis Ginsberg @uhlexsis

    Problem to solve

    Popovers and tooltips in issues and merge requests aren't accessible across keyboard and touch inputs. Popovers don't trigger via keyboard, and the triggering of tooltips is inconsistent (sometimes it is supported, sometimes it is not). Popovers and tooltips trigger via long press on touch, but another system menu allow opens, which could be frustrating.

    Further details

    Popover example

    When hovering on a user's name, a popover with more information triggers. On click, you are navigated to user's profile.

    :keyboard: Keyboard

    keyboardpopovers

    I can't access the popover, only the link to the profile.

    :point_down: Touch

    touch

    I can sort of access the popover through long press, but it is finicky and opens a menu. Press navigates me to the profile page.

    Proposal

    Ideate away! Some quick ideas:

    • Adding a click target outside of the link area that triggers a "more details" popover
    • Adding a click target for links outside of areas that trigger popovers
    • Removing link functionality, and adding the link to the the user profile for example to the popover itself
    • Ensure the tooltips are triggered by the keyboard in all instances
    Edited by Alexis Ginsberg

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