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Re: ARIA Drag and Drop Pattern

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From: glen walker
Date: Jan 3, 2023 12:10PM

Not a specific answer but keep in mind that DnD does not necessarily have
to be accessible. If DnD is used to perform an action, say, to reorder a
list, then as long as there is a keyboard way to reorder that list, then
you're ok. It's nice to make DnD accessible but it's not required.

With Safari on iOS/iPad, if you have multiple websites open, the tabs in
the browser can be rearranged by dragging them. With VoiceOver on it says
they're a "tab" widget and then says "double tap and hold, then move left
or right to re-order." It actually works pretty well with VoiceOver. VO
will tell you the names of the other tabs as you move before or after them.