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Keyboard shortcuts: the character to represent the macOS Control key is announced as "caret" #24451

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afercia opened this issue Aug 9, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #24452
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Keyboard shortcuts: the character to represent the macOS Control key is announced as "caret" #24451

afercia opened this issue Aug 9, 2020 · 0 comments · Fixed by #24452
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[Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). [Package] Keycodes /packages/keycodes [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended

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afercia commented Aug 9, 2020

Describe the bug

The character to represent the macOS Control key is announced as "caret". Screen reader users will hear "caret', which is conveys a wrong information on the keyboard shortcut to use.

To reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  • use Safari and VoiceOver
  • click on a paragraph block
  • open the More options menu in the block toolbar
  • navigate to the Remove Block item in the menu
  • observe VoiceOver announces "Remove Block caret option z"

This applies to all the shortcuts where the macOS Control key is used. Turns out the character used to represent Control is the Unicode "U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT" character, that is: the one that can be typed by pressing Shift + 6. This character is used in the operating system as a caret character.

After a quick research, looks like the character used in macOS to represent the Control key is "U+2303 UP ARROWHEAD" instead.

Expected behavior
The character to be announced as "Control" e.g. "Remove Block control option z".

Screenshots

This is announced as "caret":

caret

Sane for the single characters within the keyboard shortcuts modal dialog e.g.:

caret 2

Editor version (please complete the following information):

  • WordPress version: 5.5 Beta 3
  • Does the website has Gutenberg plugin installed, or is it using the block editor that comes by default? both
  • If the Gutenberg plugin is installed, which version is it? 8.7.0 latest master
@afercia afercia added [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). [Package] Keycodes /packages/keycodes labels Aug 9, 2020
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Fix the unicode character used to represent the macOS Control key WordPress/gutenberg
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