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[a11y][Violation][4.1.2 Name, Role, Value] Some Notebook UI elements missing roles and labels

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Description

## Description

I am running an accessibility test suite with Notebook UI using the **IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker** tool on Chrome browser. The results look good overall, only a few things are missing to reach a first formal level of compliance. So kindly help look into these.

Issues reported were violating **WCAG 2.2** requirements.
Ref: https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/checker-rule-sets

Full report (includes information on element locations where issue were found):
[Accessibility_Report-7a73e10e-f8a4-4a06-a78d-5174a1309c5b.xlsx](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17400350/Accessibility_Report-7a73e10e-f8a4-4a06-a78d-5174a1309c5b.xlsx)

# Category: `4.1.2 Name, Role, Value`
Ref: https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/?version=v7_3#4_1_2

****Violation of Rule:** `element_tabbable_role_valid`**

> List of issues with elements that violate this rule with a screenshots
> > **Issue 1**
> > The tabbable element's role 'generic' is not a widget role
> > **Element location:**
> > `

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Research direction

Reproduce the report in Notebook UI on Chrome with the IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker, using the listed tabbable elements and CodeMirror textbox as starting points. Inspect those elements and verify that the missing widget roles and accessible labels are present, then rerun the checker until the reported violations are resolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter-notebook
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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