feat: enhance chat accessibility (focus commands and ARIA) #16835
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What it does
This PR enhances the accessibility of the AI Chat UI by implementing keyboard navigation and ARIA attributes:
Focus Navigation Commands:
ai-chat.focus-inputcommand (Ctrl/Cmd+Down) to move focus from the chat responses to the inputai-chat.focus-responsecommand (Ctrl/Cmd+Up) to move focus from the input to the chat responseschatInputFocus,chatResponseFocus) to only activate when relevantARIA Improvements:
aria-labelto the chat input editor ("Type your message here")aria-labelto the chat response tree widget ("Chat responses")aria-labelto individual chat nodes ("Your message" / "Response from {agent}")role="article"to chat message nodesrole="status"andaria-live="polite"to progress indicators ("Generating", "Waiting for input")role="button",aria-label, andtabIndexto toolbar actions and input option buttonsKeyboard Accessibility:
orderfor visual positioningHow to test
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