These are the weekly notes for the Accessibility Team meeting that happens on Fridays. You can read the full transcript here.
## Updates from the working groups
Only groups that provided updates are shown below.
[### General Team[(https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4X03/p1680883795044319)
- Reviewed 11 tickets 11 tickets in today’s bugscrub, slated several for 6.3 and closed two.
- @annezazu reported on the following for the Gutenberg Team: I want to note this new layout type called “grid”: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/49018 It would be rad to get some reviews here! Finally, various modals are becoming more common and I’d love to get some early a11y thought around unifying the various modals here: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/39308
#49018 Try adding a grid layout type
WordPress/gutenberg | Mar 12th | Added by GitHub
#39308 Align pattern / template part modal dimensions, and add view options
WordPress/gutenberg | Mar 9th, 2022 | Added by GitHub
### Media Team
@joedolson provided the following updates on Media and Meta for discussion:
- There’s a regression in media modal custom fields caused by some accessibility changes, so that’s a priority right now, targeted for 6.2.1. The change that prevented a loss of focus also caused custom fields not to display on newly uploaded items. So we’re hoping not to have to revert that, and find an alternative solution. Otherwise, just scoping out what will fit into the 6.3 plans. See: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58051
### Meta Team
Joe also provided this for the Meta Team: There’s a lot going on in Meta right now, but probably the biggest thing we should be watching for is the possible switch from Slack to Matrix for a core chat service. It’s still very much in exploration stages, but it could mean significant changes in work flow. Mozilla switched to Matrix in 2020; here’s some info from Marco Zehe on using it with a screen reader: https://www.marcozehe.de/how-to-use-element-and-matrix-with-a-screen-reader/
Otherwise, there’s the ongoing redesign efforts and various new systems being spun up. It’s a lot to track…
Open floor
@joesimpsonjr mentioned making submissions for the WordPress Community Summit and announced @alexstine is helping organize WordCamp US 2023.
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