Topic: Keyboard tab navigation to search field of material select is not working. Upon receiving the focus to search textbox, dropdown disappears and leaving inaccessible for a keyboard user
Expected behavior When navigating using keyboard to Material Select component, their should be auto-focus to search text-box (when searchable attribute is provided). Also keyboard user should be able to select the searchable result after searching the required option from search text-box.
Actual behavior Current behavior of material select search box component does not meet accessibility. Upon receiving focus to search box, dropdown disappears and a keyboard user is unable to select the required option through search box. Due to this inaccessibility, keyboard user have to undergo selecting the required option using Up/Down arrows for multi optioned(for ex. 50 to 100 options) select element.
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- User: Pro
- Premium support: No
- Technology: MDB jQuery
- MDB Version: 4.7.7
- Device: Windows
- Browser: Chrome
- OS: Windows
- Provided sample code: No
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Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago
I like that idea. Currently, we don't offer the feature you're looking for, but I've added this to our list of ideas
Jogesh pro commented 6 years ago
Hello Bartłomiej Malanowski, I don't think, above issue as a new idea other than a bug in Material Select component, without which, we cannot say the component meets the accessibility. Keyboard users unable to make use of this component, unless they are able to search and select their option. So, kindly consider this as a bug and provide us a solution at the earliest.
Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago
Roger that! It's on our TODO list
Jogesh pro commented 6 years ago
Hello Bartłomiej Malanowski, can we expect any update on above bug in the coming days?
Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago
This isn't planned to be shipped in the upcoming release - it's still on the todo list
Jogesh pro commented 6 years ago
Hello Bartłomiej Malanowski, It's been more than 3 weeks. Any update?
Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago
As I can see, it's still in our TODO list
Custer pro premium priority commented 6 years ago
It's a really annoying "bug" and should be fixed as fast as possible. Otherwise the material select form is unuseable for keyboard-users. Hope we get that soon!
Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 6 years ago
This is stuck in the TODO list
Jogesh pro commented 6 years ago
Hello Bartłomiej Malanowski, It's been more than 1 month. Can we expect solution for next release?
Bartłomiej Malanowski staff pro premium commented 5 years ago
As I can see, it's not planned to be shipped in the nearest release