elyra-ai
The canvas is almost entirely inaccessible by keyboard
Delivers built-in accessibility so there’s no need to worry about keyboard navigation, accessible colors, screen reader integration, etc
Despite this claim on your homepage, the flow editor/canvas itself seems wholly inoperable by keyboard. The most I can do is issue a Ctrl/Cmd+A command to select all nodes and then press Del to get rid of all of them.
Otherwise, I also cannot figure out how to do anything with a keyboard on the main canvas of the tiny app demonstration. I can certainly activate the buttons and toolbars along the top and sides, but there is no documented or obvious way to put the focus into the canvas, and when I use my mouse to select any of the nodes, I cannot retain the keyboard in that area; if I open a node’s menu with the mouse, I cannot even navigate or dismiss that open menu by keyboard!
You had an open issue #1438 for this keyboard non-operability, which was closed without resolution.
I looked through your posted keyboard documentation, and it makes no mention of any keys assigned to navigating to or around the canvas. I have tried every shortcut I could think of. I'm left with the conclusion that the product is effectively inaccessible -- lacking as it does any way to interact with the nodes -- OR there is extremely difficult to find methods and documentation on how to do it.
@mbgower Elyra Canvas v13.12.0 now supports extensive new function for keyboard navigation in the flow editor and other components of the Common Canvas interface.
See the release notes for more details and a link to the docs-> https://github.com/elyra-ai/canvas/releases/tag/v13.12.0
Can this issue now be closed based on that work?
@mbgower Since there was no reply to my message above and the accessibility enablement in Elyra Canvas has moved on even further since last December, I am closing this issue. If you have specific concerns about accessibility provision in Elyra Canvas please open a new issue with details.