refactor: extract shared form utils, add aria-live regions and reduced-motion support

DRY duplicated helpers (escapeAttr, belongsToForm, isSubmitControl,
isEditableTarget) into web/js/core/app-form-utils.js and update 7
consumers. Add aria-live="polite" to flash messages, async messages,
and search results for screen reader announcements. Add
prefers-reduced-motion support to CSS tooltips.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

templates/partials/app-flash.phtml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $timeouts = [
 ];
 
 ?>
-<div class="flash-stack">
+<div class="flash-stack" role="status" aria-live="polite">
   <?php foreach ($messages as $message) : ?>
     <?php $type = $message['type'] ?? 'info'; ?>
     <?php $timeout = $timeouts[$type] ?? 5000; ?>

templates/partials/app-main-aside.phtml

@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ $csrfToken = (string) ($layoutNav['csrfToken'] ?? '');
                 <small class="muted" data-search-empty-hint-template="<?php e(t('Tip: Use {shortcut} to focus search quickly.')); ?>"></small>
             </div>
             <nav id="global-search">
-                <ul class="app-search-results" data-global-search-results>
+                <ul class="app-search-results" data-global-search-results aria-live="polite">
                     <?php if ($canViewUsers): ?>
                         <?php $usersSearch = navActive('admin/users', true); ?>
                         <li data-search-key="users" data-search-base="<?php e(lurl('admin/users')); ?>">

templates/partials/app-topbar.phtml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $allowUserTheme = allowUserTheme();
       <li>
         <a id="global-forward" data-tooltip-pos="bottom" data-tooltip="<?php e(t('Forward')); ?> (Alt+→)" title="<?php e(t('Forward')); ?> (Alt+→)" aria-label="<?php e(t('Forward')); ?> (Alt+→)" href="admin"><i class="bi bi-arrow-right"></i></a>
       </li>
-      <li id="async-messages"></li>
+      <li id="async-messages" role="status" aria-live="polite"></li>
     </ul>
     <div class="app-topbar-center" aria-hidden="true"></div>
     <ul class="app-topbar-right">

web/css/components/app-tooltips.css

@@ -99,4 +99,11 @@
   left: auto;
   transform: translate(calc(-1 * (var(--tooltip-offset) - 2px)), -50%) rotate(45deg);
 }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  [data-tooltip]::after,
+  [data-tooltip]::before {
+    transition: none;
+  }
+}
 }

web/js/components/app-confirm-actions.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Declarative confirm-before-action — intercepts clicks and submits on [data-confirm-message] elements.
  */
 import { confirmDialog, requestSubmitWithFallback } from '../core/app-confirm-dialog.js';
+import { isSubmitControl, belongsToForm } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
 
 const CONFIRM_ATTR = 'data-confirm-message';
 const confirmedSubmitterByForm = new WeakMap();
@@ -9,37 +10,7 @@ const confirmedClickElements = new WeakSet();
 
 const trimAttr = (element, attr) => String(element?.getAttribute(attr) || '').trim();
 
-const isSubmitControl = (element) => {
-  if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (element instanceof HTMLButtonElement) {
-    const type = String(element.getAttribute('type') || 'submit').trim().toLowerCase();
-    return type === '' || type === 'submit';
-  }
-  if (element instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
-    const type = String(element.type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-    return type === 'submit' || type === 'image';
-  }
-  return false;
-};
-
 const submitterByForm = new Map();
-const belongsToForm = (control, form) => {
-  if (!(control instanceof HTMLElement) || !(form instanceof HTMLFormElement)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const owner = control.form;
-  if (owner instanceof HTMLFormElement) {
-    return owner === form;
-  }
-  const controlFormAttr = trimAttr(control, 'form');
-  const formId = trimAttr(form, 'id');
-  if (controlFormAttr !== '' && formId !== '') {
-    return controlFormAttr === formId;
-  }
-  return form.contains(control);
-};
 
 const readConfirmOption = (primary, fallback, suffix) => {
   const attr = `data-confirm-${suffix}`;

web/js/components/app-global-search.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Global search sidebar — debounced fetch with live result counts and Ctrl+K shortcut.
  */
 import { requireEl, optionalEl, warnOnce } from '../core/app-dom.js';
+import { isEditableTarget } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
 
 const input = requireEl('#side-search', { module: 'global-search' });
 const resultsEl = requireEl('[data-global-search-results]', { module: 'global-search' });
@@ -191,13 +192,6 @@ if (input && resultsEl) {
     submitSearch();
   });
 
-  const isEditableTarget = (target) => {
-    if (!target) {return false;}
-    if (target.isContentEditable) {return true;}
-    const tag = target.tagName;
-    return tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT';
-  };
-
   const focusSearch = () => {
     if (!input) {return;}
     window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {

web/js/components/app-nav-history.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * Browser history integration — handles back/forward navigation state.
  */
+import { isEditableTarget } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
+
 const updateHistoryButtons = () => {
   const back = document.querySelector('#global-back');
   const forward = document.querySelector('#global-forward');
@@ -29,13 +31,6 @@ const initHistoryButtons = () => {
   const back = document.querySelector('#global-back');
   const forward = document.querySelector('#global-forward');
 
-  const isEditableTarget = (target) => {
-    if (!target) {return false;}
-    if (target.isContentEditable) {return true;}
-    const tag = target.tagName;
-    return tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT';
-  };
-
   document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
     if (!event.altKey || event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {return;}
     if (isEditableTarget(event.target)) {return;}

web/js/components/app-toggle-aside-panels.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Aside panel switcher — opens/closes named sidebar panels.
  */
 import { requireEl, warnOnce } from '../core/app-dom.js';
+import { isEditableTarget } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
 import { initPersistedDetailsGroup } from '../core/app-details-open-state.js';
 
 export function initAsidePanels(options = {}) {
@@ -40,12 +41,6 @@ export function initAsidePanels(options = {}) {
   const getTabKey = (tab) => tab?.dataset?.asideTarget || '';
   const getPanelTools = (panel) => panel?.querySelector('[data-aside-panel-tools]') || null;
   const getTabHref = (tab) => tab?.dataset?.asideHref || '';
-  const isEditableTarget = (target) => {
-    if (!target) {return false;}
-    if (target.isContentEditable) {return true;}
-    const tag = target.tagName;
-    return tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT';
-  };
 
   const panelDetailsRegistry = new WeakMap();
   const findActiveDetailsKeys = (panel) => Array.from(panel.querySelectorAll('details[data-details-key]'))

web/js/components/app-toggle-sidebar.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Sidebar collapse/show toggle with localStorage persistence and Ctrl+B shortcut.
  */
 import { requireEl, warnOnce } from '../core/app-dom.js';
+import { isEditableTarget } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
 
 export function initSidebarToggle(options = {}) {
   const {
@@ -150,13 +151,6 @@ export function initSidebarToggle(options = {}) {
   return controller;
 }
 
-const isEditableTarget = (target) => {
-  if (!target) {return false;}
-  if (target.isContentEditable) {return true;}
-  const tag = target.tagName;
-  return tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT';
-};
-
 document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
   if (!(event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey)) {return;}
   if (event.altKey) {return;}

web/js/core/app-detail-page-factory.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { initDetailActionPolicy } from './app-details-action-policy.js';
 import { confirmDialog } from './app-confirm-dialog.js';
+import { escapeAttr, belongsToForm } from './app-form-utils.js';
 
 const DEFAULT_UNSAVED_MESSAGE = 'You have unsaved changes. Leave without saving?';
 
@@ -17,14 +18,6 @@ const toFormElement = (value) => {
   return null;
 };
 
-const escapeAttr = (value) => {
-  const raw = String(value || '');
-  if (typeof CSS !== 'undefined' && CSS && typeof CSS.escape === 'function') {
-    return CSS.escape(raw);
-  }
-  return raw.replace(/["\\]/g, '\\$&');
-};
-
 const normalizeFieldKey = (key) => String(key || '').replace(/\[\]$/, '');
 
 const normalizeFieldValue = (value) => {
@@ -83,18 +76,6 @@ const formatCountLabel = (template, count) => {
   return `${normalizedTemplate} (${count})`;
 };
 
-const belongsToForm = (el, form) => {
-  if (!(el instanceof HTMLElement)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const formAttr = (el.getAttribute('form') || '').trim();
-  if (formAttr !== '') {
-    const formId = (form.id || '').trim();
-    return formId !== '' && formAttr === formId;
-  }
-  return form.contains(el);
-};
-
 const findPrimarySubmitter = (form, titlebar, savePrimarySelector = '[data-detail-save-primary="1"]') => {
   const preferred = [];
   if (titlebar) {

web/js/core/app-details-action-policy.js

@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
  * Form submit policy for detail pages — confirm dialogs, double-submit prevention, and aria-busy.
  */
 import { confirmDialog, requestSubmitWithFallback } from './app-confirm-dialog.js';
-
-const escapeAttr = (value) => {
-  const raw = String(value || '');
-  if (typeof CSS !== 'undefined' && CSS && typeof CSS.escape === 'function') {
-    return CSS.escape(raw);
-  }
-  return raw.replace(/["\\]/g, '\\$&');
-};
+import { escapeAttr, belongsToForm, isSubmitControl } from './app-form-utils.js';
 
 const toContainerElement = (value) => {
   if (!value) {
@@ -46,37 +39,6 @@ const normalizeSubmitLock = (value) => {
   return normalized === 'none' ? 'none' : 'form';
 };
 
-const belongsToForm = (control, form) => {
-  if (!(control instanceof HTMLElement) || !(form instanceof HTMLFormElement)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const owner = control.form;
-  if (owner instanceof HTMLFormElement) {
-    return owner === form;
-  }
-  const controlFormAttr = String(control.getAttribute('form') || '').trim();
-  const formId = String(form.id || '').trim();
-  if (controlFormAttr !== '' && formId !== '') {
-    return controlFormAttr === formId;
-  }
-  return form.contains(control);
-};
-
-const isSubmitControl = (control) => {
-  if (!(control instanceof HTMLElement)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (control instanceof HTMLButtonElement) {
-    const type = String(control.getAttribute('type') || 'submit').trim().toLowerCase();
-    return type === '' || type === 'submit';
-  }
-  if (control instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
-    const type = String(control.type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-    return type === 'submit' || type === 'image';
-  }
-  return false;
-};
-
 const findSubmitControlsForForm = (form) => {
   if (!(form instanceof HTMLFormElement)) {
     return [];

web/js/core/app-form-utils.js

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Shared form utility helpers — used by confirm-actions, detail-action-policy,
+ * and detail-page-factory to avoid duplicated submit/form-ownership logic.
+ */
+
+/** Escape a string for safe use inside a CSS attribute selector value. */
+export const escapeAttr = (value) => {
+  const raw = String(value || '');
+  if (typeof CSS !== 'undefined' && CSS && typeof CSS.escape === 'function') {
+    return CSS.escape(raw);
+  }
+  return raw.replace(/["\\]/g, '\\$&');
+};
+
+/** Check whether a control belongs to a given form (by .form, form="" attr, or containment). */
+export const belongsToForm = (control, form) => {
+  if (!(control instanceof HTMLElement) || !(form instanceof HTMLFormElement)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const owner = control.form;
+  if (owner instanceof HTMLFormElement) {
+    return owner === form;
+  }
+  const controlFormAttr = String(control.getAttribute('form') || '').trim();
+  const formId = String(form.id || '').trim();
+  if (controlFormAttr !== '' && formId !== '') {
+    return controlFormAttr === formId;
+  }
+  return form.contains(control);
+};
+
+/** Check whether an element is a submit button or submit input. */
+export const isSubmitControl = (control) => {
+  if (!(control instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (control instanceof HTMLButtonElement) {
+    const type = String(control.getAttribute('type') || 'submit').trim().toLowerCase();
+    return type === '' || type === 'submit';
+  }
+  if (control instanceof HTMLInputElement) {
+    const type = String(control.type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+    return type === 'submit' || type === 'image';
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+/** Check whether the event target is an editable element (input, textarea, select, contentEditable). */
+export const isEditableTarget = (target) => {
+  if (!target) { return false; }
+  if (target.isContentEditable) { return true; }
+  const tag = target.tagName;
+  return tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT';
+};