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Hi iLemming My name is George Zamfir, I'm the Accessibility PM at Slack. I recorded a quick gif that shows how Slack works by keyboard, which covers the scenar

Hi iLemming My name is George Zamfir, I'm the Accessibility PM at Slack. I recorded a quick gif that shows how Slack works by keyboard, which covers the scenarios you mentioned as well. And of course, it's all documented here: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115003340723-Keyboard-accessibility-in-Slack- https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115003340723-Keyboa... It's not perfect but it also doesn't seem impossible to me. Here's the gif: https://d1sz9tkli0lfjq.cloudfront.net/items/3y1j1Q1G1p033z062f2z/Screen%20Recording%202019-06-17%20at%2011.22%20AM.gif https://d1sz9tkli0lfjq.cloudfront.net/items/3y1j1Q1G1p033z06... Here's a quick description of what's happening in the recording: The following is all you need to get around Slack by keyboard (and as an extension, with a screen reader): F6 to jump around the large UI sections, TAB for going through focusable elements, UP/DOWN for reading through messages in the message list / threads pane / Search / All Unreads / Threads, PGUP/PGDOWN/HOME/END to scroll through messages. And lastly Search (`Cmd / Control + F`) now also allows jumping to users / channels / workspaces / etc. on top of regular search.

iLemming 7y ago
Thank you for this comment. Indeed it shows that you guys do care. I did not know about <F6>. Can I make a few suggestions? - Would it be possible to duplicate <F6> so it can be initiated without having to move one's hand? Also latest Macbooks don't even have F-keys. - When in F6-mode, would be nice if it was possible to navigate using h/j/k/l (Vim users would appreciate) - Also would be nice to be able to start (jump to) a thread in F6-mode by pressing a key, maybe <T>, or react with emoticon by pressing <R> maybe? Having to press <Tab> multiple times is not only annoying, it's inconsistent - when you are in a thread there are different actions compared to when you are not. --- I have played with F6-mode and tried navigating with it. It is still quite difficult to use the app and you are still forced to use the mouse. And I'm not even visually impaired. Can you imagine how hard it is for people who are? In general, I wish PMs at SlackHQ were forced to use Slack app once a week without a mouse - where only keyboard is allowed.

iLemming 7y ago

Thank you for this comment. Indeed it shows that you guys do care. I did not know about <F6>. Can I make a few suggestions? - Would it be possible to duplicate <F6> so it can be initiated without having to move one's hand? Also latest Macbooks don't even have F-keys. - When in F6-mode, would be nice if it was possible to navigate using h/j/k/l (Vim users would appreciate) - Also would be nice to be able to start (jump to) a thread in F6-mode by pressing a key, maybe <T>, or react with emoticon by pressing <R> maybe? Having to press <Tab> multiple times is not only annoying, it's inconsistent - when you are in a thread there are different actions compared to when you are not. --- I have played with F6-mode and tried navigating with it. It is still quite difficult to use the app and you are still forced to use the mouse. And I'm not even visually impaired. Can you imagine how hard it is for people who are? In general, I wish PMs at SlackHQ were forced to use Slack app once a week without a mouse - where only keyboard is allowed.