fix: Make left and right arrow keys only navigate within the current block/comment by gonfunko · Pull Request #9531 · RaspberryPiFoundation/blockly

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This PR updates the behavior of the left and right arrow keys to only navigate within the current block/workspace comment, rather than traversing through the entire workspace. This is in response to feedback from screen reader user testing. Up and down may still be used to navigate from block to block and across stacks.

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December 17, 2025 21:54

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Thanks @gonfunko! Had a few comments, one of which is specifically looking for some clarity.

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Also, the keyboard nav tests look to be real failures but that's unsurprising since this is a bit change in left/right navigation.

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Thanks @gonfunko. This LGTM!

@gonfunko gonfunko merged commit 909c294 into add-screen-reader-support-experimental

Jan 5, 2026

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@gonfunko gonfunko deleted the left-right branch

January 5, 2026 17:23

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