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🎨 Palette: Keyboard Accessibility for Notification Icon#16

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🎨 Palette: Keyboard Accessibility for Notification Icon#16
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💡 What: Added role="button", tabindex="0", aria-label, and keyboard event handlers (@keydown.enter and @keydown.space.prevent) to the .notification-toggle element in notification-icons.html. Also logged a critical learning in .jules/palette.md about making interactive div elements accessible.

🎯 Why: The notification toggle acted as a button (using @click) but was not keyboard navigable and didn't announce itself properly to screen readers. This micro-UX improvement ensures all users, regardless of how they navigate the interface, can access their notifications.

Accessibility:

  • Element is now keyboard focusable (tabindex="0")
  • Element correctly identifies as a button to assistive tech (role="button")
  • Screen readers have a clear description of its purpose (aria-label="View Notifications")
  • Users can activate it using Enter or Space, just like a native <button>
  • Spacebar scrolling is prevented when interacting with the element

📸 Verification: Successfully generated a Playwright screenshot verifying the component renders correctly and accepts focus.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 16266996278690278247 started by @thirdeyenation

Added proper ARIA role, tabindex, and keyboard event handlers
to the notification toggle element so it can be focused and
activated without a mouse.

Co-authored-by: thirdeyenation <133812267+thirdeyenation@users.noreply.github.com>
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