oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/console
improve screenreader accessibility for decorative icons
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 228
- Forks
- 22
- Avg merge
- 19h 42m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 32
Description
Our SVG icons are purely decorative, so screenreaders don't need to know about them. https://stackoverflow.com/a/68642955 suggests that aria-hidden="true" added to the SVG element is the best approach for this situation.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the SVG icon entry points and read the linked accessibility guidance; verify that decorative icons are hidden from screen readers and confirm the affected UI with a screen reader.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100