[Port dspace-7_x] Live region

config/config.example.yml

@@ -396,3 +396,17 @@ vocabularies:
 comcolSelectionSort:
   sortField: 'dc.title'
   sortDirection: 'ASC'
+
+# Live Region configuration
+# Live Region as defined by w3c, https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#terms:
+# Live regions are perceivable regions of a web page that are typically updated as a
+# result of an external event when user focus may be elsewhere.
+#
+# The DSpace live region is a component present at the bottom of all pages that is invisible by default, but is useful
+# for screen readers. Any message pushed to the live region will be announced by the screen reader. These messages
+# usually contain information about changes on the page that might not be in focus.
+liveRegion:
+  # The duration after which messages disappear from the live region in milliseconds
+  messageTimeOutDurationMs: 30000
+  # The visibility of the live region. Setting this to true is only useful for debugging purposes.
+  isVisible: false

src/app/root/root.component.html

@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@
 <div class="ds-full-screen-loader" *ngIf="shouldShowFullscreenLoader">
   <ds-themed-loading [showMessage]="false"></ds-themed-loading>
 </div>
+
+<ds-live-region></ds-live-region>

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div class="live-region" [ngClass]="{'visually-hidden': !isVisible }" aria-live="assertive" role="log" aria-relevant="additions" aria-atomic="true">
+  <div class="live-region-message" *ngFor="let message of (messages$ | async)">{{ message }}</div>
+</div>

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.live-region {
+  position: fixed;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  padding-left: 60px;
+  height: 90px;
+  line-height: 18px;
+  color: var(--bs-white);
+  background-color: var(--bs-dark);
+  opacity: 0.94;
+  z-index: var(--ds-live-region-z-index);
+}

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.component.spec.ts

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+import { LiveRegionComponent } from './live-region.component';
+import { ComponentFixture, waitForAsync, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { LiveRegionService } from './live-region.service';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+describe('liveRegionComponent', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LiveRegionComponent>;
+  let liveRegionService: LiveRegionService;
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    liveRegionService = jasmine.createSpyObj('liveRegionService', {
+      getMessages$: of(['message1', 'message2']),
+      getLiveRegionVisibility: false,
+      setLiveRegionVisibility: undefined,
+    });
+
+    void TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+      ],
+      declarations: [LiveRegionComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: LiveRegionService, useValue: liveRegionService },
+      ],
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LiveRegionComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should contain the current live region messages', () => {
+    const messages = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.live-region-message'));
+
+    expect(messages.length).toEqual(2);
+    expect(messages[0].nativeElement.textContent).toEqual('message1');
+    expect(messages[1].nativeElement.textContent).toEqual('message2');
+  });
+
+  it('should respect the live region visibility', () => {
+    const liveRegion = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.live-region'));
+    expect(liveRegion).toBeDefined();
+
+    const liveRegionHidden = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.visually-hidden'));
+    expect(liveRegionHidden).toBeDefined();
+
+    liveRegionService.getLiveRegionVisibility = jasmine.createSpy('getLiveRegionVisibility').and.returnValue(true);
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LiveRegionComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const liveRegionVisible  = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.visually-hidden'));
+    expect(liveRegionVisible).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { LiveRegionService } from './live-region.service';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+
+/**
+ * The Live Region Component is an accessibility tool for screenreaders. When a change occurs on a page when the changed
+ * section is not in focus, a message should be displayed by this component so it can be announced by a screen reader.
+ *
+ * This component should not be used directly. Use the {@link LiveRegionService} to add messages.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: `ds-live-region`,
+  templateUrl: './live-region.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./live-region.component.scss'],
+})
+export class LiveRegionComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  protected isVisible: boolean;
+
+  protected messages$: Observable<string[]>;
+
+  constructor(
+    protected liveRegionService: LiveRegionService,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.isVisible = this.liveRegionService.getLiveRegionVisibility();
+    this.messages$ = this.liveRegionService.getMessages$();
+  }
+}

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Config } from '../../../config/config.interface';
+
+/**
+ * Configuration interface used by the LiveRegionService
+ */
+export class LiveRegionConfig implements Config {
+  messageTimeOutDurationMs: number;
+  isVisible: boolean;
+}

src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.service.spec.ts

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+import { LiveRegionService } from './live-region.service';
+import { fakeAsync, tick, flush } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { UUIDService } from '../../core/shared/uuid.service';
+
+describe('liveRegionService', () => {
+  let service: LiveRegionService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new LiveRegionService(
+      new UUIDService(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('addMessage', () => {
+    it('should correctly add messages', () => {
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(0);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message One');
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(service.getMessages()[0]).toEqual('Message One');
+
+      service.addMessage('Message Two');
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(2);
+      expect(service.getMessages()[1]).toEqual('Message Two');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('clearMessages', () => {
+    it('should clear the messages', () => {
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(0);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message One');
+      service.addMessage('Message Two');
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(2);
+
+      service.clear();
+      expect(service.getMessages().length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('messages$', () => {
+    it('should emit when a message is added and when a message is removed after the timeOut', fakeAsync(() => {
+      const results: string[][] = [];
+
+      service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
+        results.push(messages);
+      });
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual([]);
+
+      service.addMessage('message');
+
+      tick();
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(2);
+      expect(results[1]).toEqual(['message']);
+
+      tick(service.getMessageTimeOutMs());
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(3);
+      expect(results[2]).toEqual([]);
+    }));
+
+    it('should only emit once when the messages are cleared', fakeAsync(() => {
+      const results: string[][] = [];
+
+      service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
+        results.push(messages);
+      });
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual([]);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message One');
+      service.addMessage('Message Two');
+
+      tick();
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(3);
+      expect(results[2]).toEqual(['Message One', 'Message Two']);
+
+      service.clear();
+      flush();
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
+      expect(results[3]).toEqual([]);
+    }));
+
+    it('should not pop messages added after clearing within timeOut period', fakeAsync(() => {
+      const results: string[][] = [];
+
+      service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
+        results.push(messages);
+      });
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual([]);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message One');
+      tick(10000);
+      service.clear();
+      tick(15000);
+      service.addMessage('Message Two');
+
+      // Message Two should not be cleared after 5 more seconds
+      tick(5000);
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
+      expect(results[3]).toEqual(['Message Two']);
+
+      // But should be cleared 30 seconds after it was added
+      tick(25000);
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(5);
+      expect(results[4]).toEqual([]);
+    }));
+
+    it('should respect configured timeOut', fakeAsync(() => {
+      const results: string[][] = [];
+
+      service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
+        results.push(messages);
+      });
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+      expect(results[0]).toEqual([]);
+
+      const timeOutMs = 500;
+      service.setMessageTimeOutMs(timeOutMs);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message One');
+      tick(timeOutMs - 1);
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(2);
+      expect(results[1]).toEqual(['Message One']);
+
+      tick(1);
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(3);
+      expect(results[2]).toEqual([]);
+
+      const timeOutMsTwo = 50000;
+      service.setMessageTimeOutMs(timeOutMsTwo);
+
+      service.addMessage('Message Two');
+      tick(timeOutMsTwo - 1);
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
+      expect(results[3]).toEqual(['Message Two']);
+
+      tick(1);
+
+      expect(results.length).toEqual(5);
+      expect(results[4]).toEqual([]);
+    }));
+  });
+
+  describe('liveRegionVisibility', () => {
+    it('should be false by default', () => {
+      expect(service.getLiveRegionVisibility()).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('should correctly update', () => {
+      service.setLiveRegionVisibility(true);
+      expect(service.getLiveRegionVisibility()).toBeTrue();
+      service.setLiveRegionVisibility(false);
+      expect(service.getLiveRegionVisibility()).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+});