Intent to Prototype: FocusgroupV2: grid and feed
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Jacques Newman
4:33 PM (2 hours ago) 4:33 PM
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Summary
Extends the declarative `focusgroup` attribute to richer composite widgets. The new `itemcontrols` modifier (name pending bike shedding) makes nested controls sequentially reachable only for the active item; `feed` models ARIA-style content streams; and `grid`
provides two-dimensional focus navigation with configurable wrapping and flow. These additions reduce custom focus-management code for cards, chat threads, feeds, and grid-based UI.
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Motivation
Authors currently implement complex keyboard focus management for cards, chat messages, feeds, and interactive grids using bespoke JavaScript. These implementations are difficult to make accessible and consistent, particularly when items contain nested controls
or navigation spans two dimensions. Focusgroup V2 extends the existing declarative focusgroup primitive to cover these patterns, reducing duplicated focus-management code and providing consistent browser-managed behavior.
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Goals for experimentation
Validate the API shape and keyboard behavior for active-item controls, feeds, and semantic two-dimensional grids; gather implementation experience to iterate on the spec and explainer, and obtain feedback from accessibility experts, browser vendors, and web
developers.
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