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Summary

Preserve SwiftUI accessibility modifiers on the native actionable Compose node used for a List row.

  • Add one shared composeAccessibilityModifiers utility that composes accessibility-role modifiers onto a native control and returns every remaining modifier unchanged.
  • Make the native actionable List row own clickable, test-tag/content-description semantics, and custom accessibility actions on the same Compose node.
  • Render the stripped inner NavigationLink label with only the remaining modifiers, avoiding a second semantics owner.
  • Reuse the shared utility for raw Compose Menu items.
  • Bridge named accessibility actions, action collections, and live regions; keep disabled or closed swipe controls out of the merged accessibility tree.
  • Add four focused SkipUITests covering normal, boundary, busy, and closed-swipe/status semantics.

This fixes the case where an actionable NavigationLink row exposed its click action on the outer native row while accessibility modifiers stayed on an inner label node. The merged Compose tree could therefore lose the row test tag and custom actions.

Verification

Contribution source is based directly on current upstream main:

  • base: ff81a283a8d761fb355d50eb0d37136bbc0b5af1
  • commit: c7c577fd1c5b9d9f13552ba9e7b8b95073d2cbae
  • five-file patch SHA-256 (git diff --binary): d2924aece63061df75dace1888841c016547d723a391c9c68a20f86b9a36b77e
  • git diff --check: pass
  • lightweight source contract: exact five paths, no generated artifacts, one shared helper, both List and Menu consumers, four focused tests, and four merged/unmerged same-node assertions

The accepted targeted XCSkipTests/Robolectric proof was preserved from this exact source state rather than rerun for PR preparation:

  • suite: skip.ui.SkipUITests
  • result: 4 tests, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skipped
  • JUnit XML SHA-256: 2a8af47c52307bbd6ac249ba06fb41e34d9b53fdc4e7dc6822f0e52d0bc91cc9
  • focused identities:
    • testCategoryReorderActionsSurviveNavigationListSemanticsMerge$SkipUI
    • testCategoryReorderBoundaryFiltersOnlyUnavailableMove$SkipUI
    • testCategoryReorderBusyStateSuppressesMergedAndUnmergedActions$SkipUI
    • testCategoryReorderStatusAndClosedSwipeAccessibilitySemantics$SkipUI

Each test queries the row in merged and unmerged trees and verifies that both queries resolve to the same semantics-node ID. The tests also cover native click ownership, custom-action filtering, busy-state suppression, live-region mode, and hidden closed-swipe actions.

Evidence boundary

This draft claims targeted Robolectric/Compose semantics only. PR preparation did not rerun Gradle, Robolectric, a full Swift test suite, an emulator, or a device. It does not claim TalkBack, Switch Access, keyboard navigation, accessibility-service runtime behavior, iOS behavior, performance, or full-regression coverage.

No consumer-app source, dependency pin, generated output, or compatibility fallback is part of this change.

The current Skip contribution guide says public SwiftUI-surface additions need a corresponding SkipFuseUI update. This patch makes accessibility action overloads available and adds accessibilityLiveRegion; a paired SkipFuseUI follow-up should be resolved during review. No second implementation authority is included here.

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  • REQUIRED: I have signed the Contributor Agreement
  • REQUIRED: I have tested my change locally with swift test
  • OPTIONAL: I have tested my change on an iOS simulator or device
  • OPTIONAL: I have tested my change on an Android emulator or device
  • REQUIRED: I have checked whether this change requires a corresponding update in the Skip Fuse UI repository. A paired follow-up is required for the public accessibility API surface and is intentionally not part of this draft.
  • OPTIONAL: I have added an example of any UI changes to the Showcase sample app

  • AI was used to generate or assist with generating this PR. AI assisted with root-cause analysis, patch preparation, focused test construction, and PR drafting. The final contribution was mechanically checked against the accepted five-file source digest and preserved targeted JUnit evidence; no generated artifact was committed.

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i apologise; codex (5.6 sol) had filed this draft PR without asking for permission. I did not mean to file it.

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