[kde] [Bug 475093] New: [Accessibility] Current focus indicator is hard to distinguish from the rest of the UI elements with keyboard navigation

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            Bug ID: 475093
           Summary: [Accessibility] Current focus indicator is hard to
                    distinguish from the rest of the UI elements with
                    keyboard navigation
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: openSUSE
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: unblended_icing552 at simplelogin.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
This is more of a generic, meta issue that affects the entire KDE ecosystem
than a specific bug.
I find the current focus indicator to be very hard to discover during keyboard
navigation. Very often I try to press Tab to cycle through the UI elements and
the focus indicator plays hide-and-seek. The rectangle is thin and low
contrast, and the design is also very unpredictable to users and inconsistent:
sometimes it's a rectangular line frame, sometimes it's rectangular background
color and then sometimes it's underline. The existing UI elements also
distracts the focus indicator as they use the same theme color.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Take the System Settings for example:
1. Go to Window Management -> Window Behavior
2. Focus on the tab bar: It's underline, current tab selection follows
left/right arrow key
3. Focus on the left list menu: It's background color, current page selection
doesn't follow up/down arrow, requires Space to activate
4. Focus on the System Settings menu button: It's a rectangular line frame
5. Focus on the "Help" and then press Tab to cycle forward: Now your focus
indicator is gone

This is a tiny fraction of all the inconsistency issues.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Windows does a better job at this with WinUI, by using a thick line frame as
the consistent focus indicator across WinUI applications. The color is
fixed(black/white) instead of following theme color to distinguish from UI
elements, and the design is always line frame so it's very hard to ignore.
A similar design is also seen in Android with TalkBack enabled, as the
selection indicator also always uses a line frame.

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