Should toolbar role be widget instead of document structure?

[MarioBatusic]

Concern Description

Currently the role toolbar is categorized as document structure. However, there are at least two reasons to change the mapping to 'widget':

• Toolbar contains simple subwidgets and is responsible for keyboard management among them, which is a characteristic of complex widgets.
• Screen reader wich switch between reading and form mode, should switch into form mode within a toolbar to make possible for the user to navigate with arrow keys between subwidgets. At the time e.g. NVDA doesn't do that.

IMO we should change the role type of toolbar from document structure to widget.

[cookiecrook]

Most (possibly no) toolbars on macOS are managed-focus widgets, so that use should be considered, and not mandated that authors manage focus.

[spectranaut]

Discussed in triage: https://www.w3.org/2025/07/10-aria-minutes.html#e263