Fix: Add aria-hidden to accordion toggle icon #71783
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Fixes WordPress#71781 Co-authored-by: Adi-ty <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: t-hamano <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: joedolson <[email protected]>
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What?
Closes #71781
The accordion toggle icon ("+") was being announced by screen readers, when users navigate with assistive technology.
Why?
When users navigate through accordion headers using assistive technology, the "+" character was being announced along with the accordion title, creating unnecessary noise and a poor user experience.
How?
Added
aria-hidden="true"attribute to all accordion toggle icon spans in both the edit and save functions. This attribute tells screen readers and other assistive technology to ignore the decorative "+" character.