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[Accessibility]: Provide more context for filter box in ref panel

Created by: varungandhi-src

Audit type

Screen reader navigation

User journey audit issue

https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/33510

Problem description

In the ref panel, the "Type to filter by filename" text field announces itself, but it doesn't provide any context on how many files there are, or how many matches there are after you've typed something.

This means that a screen reader user needs to scroll down and figure out how many matches there were.

Expected behavior

It would be nice to provide some context, such as the number of files and the number of matches as you type. This should be announced when focus switches to the text field, as well as after typing some text (perhaps with some latency, so it doesn't overlap with the typed keys being read out).

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