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Type:
Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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Priority:
Low
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Affects Version/s: 8.4.0, 9.2.0
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Component/s: Accessibility
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- 1.1.1
- Level-A
- WCAG21
- ax-at-user
- ax-bug
- ax-confluence-dc-2023-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-2024-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-2024-vpat-dashboard
- ax-confluence-dc-2024-vpat-reuse
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-dashboard
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-pg02
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-reuse
- ax-medium-priority
- ax-qa
- ewt-rtb-service-operations-and-tech-entropy
- internal-kickoff
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Severity 3 - Minor
Issue Summary
On "Dashboard | All updates" page,Redundant alternative text "User icon: admin" is provided for the image links "Admin icon" on the page.
Steps to Reproduce
- Navigate to the mentioned image and textual link in the main content area.
- Inspect the code of the image link and textual link.
- Notice that both links open the same but are defined in separate <a> tags.
Screenshot

Actual Results
There are adjacent image and textual links that point to the same destination but are defined in separate <a> tags. Also, the alternate text of the image link is the same as the text of the textual link.
As a result, screen reader users are presented with repeated information about the link which opens the same page.
Expected Results
Ensure that the image and text links that point to the same destination are combined into a single link as a link block.
Apply the following changes: * Define the image and the link text within a single <a> element instead of separate <a> elements.
- Ideally alternate text must be provided to all image links using the "alt" attribute. In this instance, since the image and the textual link point to an identical destination page, use an empty ‘alt’ attribute.
- Use CSS if necessary to maintain the presentation of the content.
Workaround
Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available.
Environment
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
macOs Ventura 13.3.1
Chrome - Version 113.0.5672.63 (Official Build) (x86_64)
Firefox- Version 92.0 (64-bit)
Safari- Version 16.4 (18615.1.26.110.1)
JAWS- Version 2022
NVDA- Version 2021.2
Voiceover - Version Latest
- is superseded by
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CONFSERVER-90257 Dashboard | All popular: Non-modal dialogs are inaccessible for both keyboard only and screen reader users
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- Closed
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- is resolved by
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A11Y-573 Loading...
- mentioned in
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