Update ActionList to work with tablist & tab roles

Author: adierkens

.changeset/early-ghosts-enter.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@primer/react': patch
+---
+
+Add support to ActionList for 'tablist' and 'tab' roles

packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.dev.stories.tsx

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ import {Divider} from './Divider'
 import {Description} from './Description'
 import Avatar from '../Avatar'
 import {FileDirectoryIcon, HeartFillIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import {TabContainerElement} from '@github/tab-container-element'
 import {Stack} from '../Stack'
 import {AnchoredOverlay} from '../AnchoredOverlay'
+import createComponent from '../utils/create-component'
 
 export default {
   title: 'Components/ActionList/Dev',
@@ -375,3 +377,45 @@ export const OverlayWrapping = () => {
     </div>
   )
 }
+
+const TabContainerComponent = createComponent(TabContainerElement, 'tab-container')
+
+export const TabListRoles = () => (
+  <TabContainerComponent>
+    <ActionList role="tablist" aria-label="Tabs example">
+      <ActionList.Item role="tab">Tab 1</ActionList.Item>
+      <ActionList.Item role="tab">Tab 2</ActionList.Item>
+      <ActionList.Item role="tab" aria-selected>
+        Tab 3
+      </ActionList.Item>
+    </ActionList>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop>
+      Panel 1
+    </div>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop hidden>
+      Panel 2
+    </div>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop hidden>
+      Panel 3
+    </div>
+  </TabContainerComponent>
+)
+
+export const TabListInfersItemRole = () => (
+  <TabContainerComponent>
+    <ActionList role="tablist" aria-label="Tabs example">
+      <ActionList.Item>Tab 1</ActionList.Item>
+      <ActionList.Item>Tab 2</ActionList.Item>
+      <ActionList.Item>Tab 3</ActionList.Item>
+    </ActionList>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop>
+      Panel 1
+    </div>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop hidden>
+      Panel 2
+    </div>
+    <div role="tabpanel" data-tab-container-no-tabstop hidden>
+      Panel 3
+    </div>
+  </TabContainerComponent>
+)

packages/react/src/ActionList/ActionList.module.css

@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@
     }
 
     /* active state [aria-current] */
-    &:where([data-active]) {
+    &:where([data-active]),
+    &:where([aria-selected='true']) {
       background: var(--control-transparent-bgColor-selected);
 
       /* provides a visual indication of the current item for Windows high-contrast mode */

packages/react/src/ActionList/Item.tsx

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ const UnwrappedItem = <As extends React.ElementType = 'li'>(
     else inferredItemRole = 'menuitem'
   } else if (listRole === 'listbox') {
     if (selectionVariant !== undefined && !role) inferredItemRole = 'option'
+  } else if (listRole === 'tablist') {
+    inferredItemRole = 'tab'
   }
 
   const itemRole = role || inferredItemRole
@@ -142,7 +144,11 @@ const UnwrappedItem = <As extends React.ElementType = 'li'>(
   const itemSelectionAttribute = selectionAttribute || inferredSelectionAttribute
   // Ensures ActionList.Item retains list item semantics if a valid ARIA role is applied, or if item is inactive
   const listItemSemantics =
-    role === 'option' || role === 'menuitem' || role === 'menuitemradio' || role === 'menuitemcheckbox'
+    itemRole === 'option' ||
+    itemRole === 'menuitem' ||
+    itemRole === 'menuitemradio' ||
+    itemRole === 'menuitemcheckbox' ||
+    itemRole === 'tab'
 
   const listRoleTypes = ['listbox', 'menu', 'list']
   const listSemantics = (listRole && listRoleTypes.includes(listRole)) || inactive || listItemSemantics