Header: Non-descriptive link text

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    • 9.12
    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      The non-descriptive link text “More ...” and "Create ..."are found inside header section.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Navigate to the header region
      2. Activate the menu-pop i.e "Issues"and "Plans".
      3. Navigate  to the mentioned instances
      4. Inspect the code and verify that the link text does not clearly describe the purpose of the link.

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      Actual Results

      The links “More...” and "Create..." under header section are found to be non-descriptive due to which screen reader users did not understand the purpose of these links.

      Expected Results

      Provide appropriate and descriptive label such as “View more recent issues” and "Create plan/ Program" using the “aria-label” attribute in the <a> element.

      Link text should be unique and descriptive of its target. Screen reader users often access links in a list format. While doing so, only the text of the link is read out by a screen reader and not the surrounding text.

      As a result, it is important that link text is descriptive of its target when read out of context.

      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

            Assignee:
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            Reporter:
            Naeem Solkar
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