Side-Bar Menu Toggle - 508

Oct 26, 2023

Jason Trojnar
By Jason Trojnar

I've been working with 508 offices within the federal government for a number of years. Thankfully, I've had a good number of Storyline projects reviewed, remediated, and approved during that time. Recently a glaring problem was brought to my attention. 

The Problem
"When user activates "Sidebar Toggle" menu control to expand Sidebar, focus does not move into the Sidebar. Initially, focus remains on the menu control. The next tab stop in the order is the USER INSTRUCTIONS button. The only way to move to the Sidebar is to use Shift+Tab, which is technically a backwards motion."

When the side-bar is closed and user selects it using keyboard navigation, the next object in tab order is the "Top Menu" (i.e., Exit, User Instructions). Does anyone have suggestions on how to address this? I'd like to be able to remove the toggle button like the classic player. 

3 Replies
Kelly Auner
6 months ago10/30/23 at 2:59 pm (UTC)

Hi, Jason!

Thanks so much for reaching out and detailing the issue you're experiencing!

I see that you’ve reached out to our Support Engineers and connected with my teammate, John Carlo. That was a great call and we appreciate you taking the time to provide us with helpful feedback. It appears this has been logged as a possible software bug. In the meantime, hopefully, others in the community have some additional insight on this.

Jason Trojnar
6 months ago11/08/23 at 2:34 pm (UTC)

Hello and thank you Kelly!  I received an email from John Carlo last night letting me know that the latest Storyline update "fixes the issue where the focus order doesn't move to the menu when expanded". I couldn't be more happy with the responsiveness of the Articulate team! I'll be implementing the new version of SL which includes this fix and resubmitting my lesson for 508 approval.

November 7, 2023 Release Notes
Storyline 360 Version History - Articulate Support 

 

 

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