[NFBCS] repl.it

[Paul York]

As with most complex, web-based applications, it's a mixed bag. They have a
number of keyboard shortcuts, but they don't work consistently depending on
which "pane" of the tool you are in. "Ctrl+." supposedly brings up a "enter
a command" dialog that can be used to do a number of other tasks. However,
for me it's inconsistent and requires that I press "Ctrl+Windows+." to
activate it. Other shortcuts like Ctrl+P to open a particular file work,
but only if you're focus in in an editor window. Then it jumps focus to a
different place with no way to move focus back to the editor. So you need
to use the mouse to re-establish focus in the editor. Likewise if you run a
program with Ctrl+Enter it works great. But focus moves to a terminal
window with no means of changing short of mouse clicks.

In other words, keyboard-based accessibility is somewhere between bad and
non-existent. I don't use a screen reader so I can't speak to that aspect.
But I don't think accessibility is high on their priority list.

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:32 AM Linda Coccovizzo via NFBCS <
nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all. I have a student taking a scripting fundamentals course, and the
> instructor is going to be using the repl.it website to have the students
> do
> a lot of the coding assignments. If any of you have any tips and tricks for
> using the site with screen readers, or a list of keyboard shortcuts that
> work well, I would love to hear from you. Is there a screen reader and
> browser combination that works best for repl.it? Also, if there are known
> accessibility issues that she may run into. Thanks much, all who may have
> information to share.
>
>
>
> Linda Coccovizzo
>
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