[FEATURE][Accessibility] Allow single-keypress selection in axScreenReader mode (it currently forces Enter to confirm every choice)

Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jul 1, 2026 by ScottChesworth

Environment

  • Claude Code 2.1.196, Windows 10
  • Screen reader: NVDA
  • Terminal: Windows Terminal

Context

With axScreenReader: true, interactive prompts switch to line-committed input: to answer a numbered selection menu or a y/n permission prompt, you type the choice and then press Enter to commit. In the default TUI renderer, selection is a single keypress — the choice fires immediately without a separate Enter.

Request

In screen-reader mode, either keep single-keypress selection, or add a setting (e.g. an option on axScreenReader, or a separate key) to choose between line-committed and instant selection.

Rationale

For a fluent screen-reader user who already knows the options being offered, requiring Enter on every prompt is pure friction, and it isn't clear the line-committed model is meaningfully more accessible — arguably the opposite for experienced users. The point of screen-reader mode is to reduce friction; this particular change adds it. Letting the user choose would serve both audiences.

Related

  • #11002 (screen-reader mode feature)
  • #72698 (working indicator still ticks in screen-reader mode)

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