feat(a11y): message semantics for screen readers (P3-4)

- Each message is role="article"; collapsed messages (consecutive from one
  sender) now carry an aria-label with sender + time — previously a screen
  reader heard only the body with no attribution (the biggest a11y gap).
  Pure messageAriaLabel() reuses the existing time utils (+3 tests).
- Editing a message announces "Editing message from <sender>" (ariaLabel
  threaded MessageEditor → CustomEditor; the main composer is unaffected).
- System emoji get role="img" + aria-label from the shortcode; custom
  emoticons always have an accessible name.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-02 11:45:21 -04:00
parent 8ab1ec254b
commit 8729ccfcf5
6 changed files with 90 additions and 11 deletions
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import {
getMemberDisplayName,
} from '../../../utils/room';
import { getMxIdLocalPart, mxcUrlToHttp } from '../../../utils/matrix';
import { messageAriaLabel } from '../../../utils/a11y';
import { MessageLayout, MessageSpacing } from '../../../state/settings';
import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
import { useRecentEmoji } from '../../../hooks/useRecentEmoji';
@@ -972,6 +973,10 @@ export const Message = React.memo(
[MsgAppearClass]: playAppear,
[MentionHighlightPulse]: playMentionPulse,
})}
role="article"
aria-label={
collapse ? messageAriaLabel(senderDisplayName, mEvent.getTs(), hour24Clock) : undefined
}
tabIndex={0}
space={messageSpacing}
collapse={collapse}