Commits: Table headers announce thrice with VoiceOver

Issue Summary

On "Commits" page, when users navigate through table headers with Mac-VoiceOver using CTRL + Option + Left or Right arrow keys, the VoiceOver reads the header thrice.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open "Commits" page.
2. Using VoiceOver, navigate to the table present in main content area.
3. Navigate through the table headers using Ctrl+Opt+Right-Left Arrow keys.
4. Observe the table headers are verbose for screen reader users.

Screen recording

Screen Recording 2024-03-01 at 8.33.12 AM.mov

Actual Behaviour

On the "Commits" page, the table headers such as "Author", "Commit", "Message", and "Commit date" are announced thrice to the screen reader user when navigated with VoiceOver. The labels for the headers are verbose which leads to a frustrating experience for screen reader users.

Hence it would create a confusing experience for the assistive technology users to understand the exact content present in the table.

Expected Result

The table headers should not be announced redundantly to the screen reader users while navigating through table contents in forms or read mode of screen readers.

To address this issue, remove the title attribute from the <th> element.

Code Snippet

<th class="author" scope="col">Author</th>

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
macOS: Sonoma 14.3
Chrome - Version 119.0.6045.105 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Firefox- Version 92.0 (64-bit)
Safari- Version 16.6 (18615.3.12.11.2)
JAWS- Version 2023
NVDA- Version 2021.2
Voiceover - Version Latest