fix(a11y): leverage native :focus-visible in CSS

src/js/config/defaults.js

@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ const defaults = {
       supported: 'plyr--airplay-supported',
       active: 'plyr--airplay-active',
     },
-    tabFocus: 'plyr__tab-focus',
     previewThumbnails: {
       // Tooltip thumbs
       thumbContainer: 'plyr__preview-thumb',

src/js/controls.js

@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ const controls = {
   },
 
   // Focus the first menu item in a given (or visible) menu
-  focusFirstMenuItem(pane, tabFocus = false) {
+  focusFirstMenuItem(pane, focusVisible = false) {
     if (this.elements.settings.popup.hidden) {
       return;
     }
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ const controls = {
 
     const firstItem = target.querySelector('[role^="menuitem"]');
 
-    setFocus.call(this, firstItem, tabFocus);
+    setFocus.call(this, firstItem, focusVisible);
   },
 
   // Show/hide menu
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ const controls = {
   },
 
   // Show a panel in the menu
-  showMenuPanel(type = '', tabFocus = false) {
+  showMenuPanel(type = '', focusVisible = false) {
     const target = this.elements.container.querySelector(`#plyr-settings-${this.id}-${type}`);
 
     // Nothing to show, bail
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ const controls = {
     toggleHidden(target, false);
 
     // Focus the first item
-    controls.focusFirstMenuItem.call(this, target, tabFocus);
+    controls.focusFirstMenuItem.call(this, target, focusVisible);
   },
 
   // Set the download URL

src/js/listeners.js

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class Listeners {
 
     this.handleKey = this.handleKey.bind(this);
     this.toggleMenu = this.toggleMenu.bind(this);
-    this.setTabFocus = this.setTabFocus.bind(this);
     this.firstTouch = this.firstTouch.bind(this);
   }
 
@@ -194,57 +193,6 @@ class Listeners {
     toggleClass(elements.container, player.config.classNames.isTouch, true);
   };
 
-  setTabFocus = (event) => {
-    const { player } = this;
-    const { elements } = player;
-    const { key, type, timeStamp } = event;
-
-    clearTimeout(this.focusTimer);
-
-    // Ignore any key other than tab
-    if (type === 'keydown' && key !== 'Tab') {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Store reference to event timeStamp
-    if (type === 'keydown') {
-      this.lastKeyDown = timeStamp;
-    }
-
-    // Remove current classes
-    const removeCurrent = () => {
-      const className = player.config.classNames.tabFocus;
-      const current = getElements.call(player, `.${className}`);
-      toggleClass(current, className, false);
-    };
-
-    // Determine if a key was pressed to trigger this event
-    const wasKeyDown = timeStamp - this.lastKeyDown <= 20;
-
-    // Ignore focus events if a key was pressed prior
-    if (type === 'focus' && !wasKeyDown) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Remove all current
-    removeCurrent();
-
-    // Delay the adding of classname until the focus has changed
-    // This event fires before the focusin event
-    if (type !== 'focusout') {
-      this.focusTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-        const focused = document.activeElement;
-
-        // Ignore if current focus element isn't inside the player
-        if (!elements.container.contains(focused)) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        toggleClass(document.activeElement, player.config.classNames.tabFocus, true);
-      }, 10);
-    }
-  };
-
   // Global window & document listeners
   global = (toggle = true) => {
     const { player } = this;
@@ -259,9 +207,6 @@ class Listeners {
 
     // Detect touch by events
     once.call(player, document.body, 'touchstart', this.firstTouch);
-
-    // Tab focus detection
-    toggleListener.call(player, document.body, 'keydown focus blur focusout', this.setTabFocus, toggle, false, true);
   };
 
   // Container listeners

src/js/utils/elements.js

@@ -268,16 +268,11 @@ export function getElement(selector) {
 }
 
 // Set focus and tab focus class
-export function setFocus(element = null, tabFocus = false) {
+export function setFocus(element = null, focusVisible = false) {
   if (!is.element(element)) {
     return;
   }
 
   // Set regular focus
-  element.focus({ preventScroll: true });
-
-  // If we want to mimic keyboard focus via tab
-  if (tabFocus) {
-    toggleClass(element, this.config.classNames.tabFocus);
-  }
+  element.focus({ preventScroll: true, focusVisible });
 }

src/sass/components/control.scss

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
   }
 
   // Tab focus
-  &.plyr__tab-focus {
-    @include plyr-tab-focus;
+  &:focus-visible {
+    @include plyr-focus-visible;
   }
 }
 

src/sass/components/menus.scss

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
           right: calc((#{$plyr-control-padding} * 1.5) - #{$plyr-menu-item-arrow-size});
         }
 
-        &.plyr__tab-focus::after,
+        &:focus-visible::after,
         &:hover::after {
           border-left-color: currentColor;
         }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
           top: 100%;
         }
 
-        &.plyr__tab-focus::after,
+        &:focus-visible::after,
         &:hover::after {
           border-right-color: currentColor;
         }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         }
       }
 
-      &.plyr__tab-focus::before,
+      &:focus-visible::before,
       &:hover::before {
         background: rgba($plyr-color-gray-900, 0.1);
       }

src/sass/components/sliders.scss

@@ -83,17 +83,17 @@
     outline: 0;
   }
 
-  &.plyr__tab-focus {
+  &:focus-visible {
     &::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
-      @include plyr-tab-focus;
+      @include plyr-focus-visible;
     }
 
     &::-moz-range-track {
-      @include plyr-tab-focus;
+      @include plyr-focus-visible;
     }
 
     &::-ms-track {
-      @include plyr-tab-focus;
+      @include plyr-focus-visible;
     }
   }
 }

src/sass/components/tooltips.scss

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 // Displaying
 .plyr .plyr__control:hover .plyr__tooltip,
-.plyr .plyr__control.plyr__tab-focus .plyr__tooltip,
+.plyr .plyr__control:focus-visible .plyr__tooltip,
 .plyr__tooltip--visible {
   opacity: 1;
   transform: translate(-50%, 0) scale(1);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 .plyr__controls > .plyr__control:first-child + .plyr__control,
 .plyr__controls > .plyr__control:last-child {
   &:hover .plyr__tooltip,
-  &.plyr__tab-focus .plyr__tooltip,
+  &:focus-visible .plyr__tooltip,
   .plyr__tooltip--visible {
     transform: translate(0, 0) scale(1);
   }

src/sass/lib/mixins.scss

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 // Nicer focus styles
 // ---------------------------------------
-@mixin plyr-tab-focus($color: $plyr-tab-focus-color) {
-  outline: $color dotted 3px;
+@mixin plyr-focus-visible($color: $plyr-focus-visible-color) {
+  outline: 2px dashed $color;
   outline-offset: 2px;
 }
 

src/sass/settings/cosmetics.scss

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 // Cosmetic
 // ==========================================================================
 
-$plyr-tab-focus-color: var(--plyr-tab-focus-color, var(--plyr-color-main, $plyr-color-main)) !default;
+$plyr-focus-visible-color: var(--plyr-focus-visible-color, var(--plyr-color-main, $plyr-color-main)) !default;

src/sass/types/audio.scss

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 // Control elements
 .plyr--audio .plyr__control {
-  &.plyr__tab-focus,
+  &:focus-visible,
   &:hover,
   &[aria-expanded='true'] {
     background: $plyr-audio-control-background-hover;

src/sass/types/video.scss

@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ $embed-padding: (math.div(100, 16) * 9);
 
 // Control elements
 .plyr--video .plyr__control {
-  // Hover and tab focus
-  &.plyr__tab-focus,
+  &:focus-visible,
   &:hover,
   &[aria-expanded='true'] {
     background: $plyr-video-control-background-hover;