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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-Confluence-dc-2024-vpat-sidenavigation
- ax-at-user
- ax-bug
- ax-confluence-dc-2023-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-2024-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-2024-vpat-reuse
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-pg15
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-reuse
- ax-confluence-dc-vpat-sidenavigation
- ax-customer-escalated
- ax-esc-oracle
- ax-low-priority
- ax-qa
- internal-kickoff
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Severity 3 - Minor
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1
Issue Summary
Redundant alternate text is provided for "Test" image link.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open the page.
- Navigate to the Side navigation.
- Using screen reader, navigate to the mentioned image link.
- Inspect the code.
Screenshot

Actual Results
There are adjacent image and textual link such as "Test" which point to the same destination but are defined in separate <a> tags. Also the alternate text of the image link is same as the text of the textual link. As a result, screen reader users are presented with a repeated information of link which opens the same page.
Expected Results
Ensure that the image and text link 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.
Code Snippet
<a href="/display/TEST/Test?src=sidebar" title="Test"><img class="avatar-img" src="/images/logo/default-space-logo.svg" alt=""> <div class="name"><a href="/display/TEST/Test?src=sidebar" title="Test">Test</div> </a>
Workaround
Currently, there is no known workaround for this behaviour. A workaround will be added here when available.
Environment
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
macOs Monterey Version 12.3.1
Chrome - Version 101.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Firefox- Version 93.0 (32-bit)
Safari- Version 15.3 (17612.4.9.1.5)
JAWS- Version 2022
NVDA- Version 2020.3
Voiceover - Version Latest
- is resolved by
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