View all Project: Unnecessary textual description for decorative image

Issue Summary

The link text is found to be redundant for the screen reader users in "Create Project" modal dialog.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to the "Projects" dropdown present in the header section.
2. Navigate to the "View all projects" option and select it.
3. Observe that "View all projects' page has been appeared on the page.
4. Navigate to the "Create Project" link and activate it.
5. Observe that modal dialog has been displayed on the screen.
6. Using screen reader try to access the above mentioned modal dialog.
7. Listen screen reader announcement which sounds redundant.

Screenshot

Actual Results

There are adjacent image and textual links which point to the same destination but are defined using same alternate text and link text which sounds repetitive. 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 an appropriate 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 class="create-with-shared-config button-panel-link" href="#">
<span class="aui-icon aui-icon-create-shared">/span> Create with shared configuration</a>

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 Version 13.3.1
Chrome - Version 112.0.5615.49 (Official Build) (x86_64)
Firefox- Version 112.0.1 (64-bit)
Safari- Version 16.4 (18615.1.26.11.23)
JAWS- Version 2022
NVDA- Version 2020.3
Voiceover - Version Latest