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Updates Command Command Center control workspace button to have an aria- description to provide screen reader context for the tooltip that appears when Search Workspace is hovered.

Fixes #267817

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  1. Checkout the PR: git checkout
  2. Rebuild and Run the project. Follow the standard process for building the project and launching the IDE.
  3. Enable a screen reader: Turn on a screen reader on your operating system (e.g., VoiceOver on macOS, NVDA on Windows, or ChromeVox on ChromeOS).
  4. Hover or focus on the "Search Workspace" button in the .monaco-action-bar/VSCode toolbar at the top.
  5. Observe the screen reader announcing the button text value as well as the text value of the tooltip that appears on focus/hover.

Updates Command Command Center control workspace button to have an aria-
description to provide screen reader context for the tooltip that appears
when Search Workspace is hovered.
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Pull Request Overview

Improves accessibility for the Command Center's "Search Workspace" button by adding an aria-description attribute that provides screen reader context for the tooltip content.

  • Adds aria-description attribute to the command center button element
  • Uses the existing tooltip content as the aria-description value to ensure screen readers announce both button text and tooltip information

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Thanks!

@meganrogge meganrogge enabled auto-merge (squash) September 22, 2025 19:25
@vs-code-engineering vs-code-engineering bot added this to the September 2025 milestone Sep 22, 2025
@meganrogge meganrogge merged commit 31d7629 into microsoft:main Sep 22, 2025
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[Accessbility] Screen reader is not announcing tooltip on focus/hover of "Search Workspace" button

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