Carousel buttons have the wrong or missing screen-reader label
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Description
- Where:
carousel_previous.rbrendersspan.sr-only "Next slide";
carousel_next.rbrenders nosr-onlyspan at all. Snapshot
carousel/verticalline 17. - Effect: a screen reader announces the previous button as "Next slide"
and the next button as unlabeled. - Fix: "Previous slide" on the previous button, add "Next slide" to the
next button; re-record (on the 2.0 line)carousel/*.
Surfaced by the golden HTML suite (PR #536), which pins what 1.6 renders today — this defect included. Per maintainer decision (2026-09-19) main stays as is: this is addressed on the 2.0 line, and the golden snapshot that pins it is re-recorded there with the diff reviewed.
Source: design/v2/follow-up-issues.md.
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Research direction
Start with carousel_previous.rb and carousel_next.rb, then inspect snapshot carousel/vertical line 17 and the other carousel/* golden snapshots on the 2.0 line. Run the golden HTML suite and re-record carousel/*; done means the previous and next buttons have the correct screen-reader labels and the reviewed snapshot diff reflects them.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- accessibility
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100