Sidebar: Inappropriate label for button

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    • 9.07
    • Severity 2 - Major

      Issue Summary

      An Inappropriate label “Collapse sidebar ( [ )" is being announced by the screen reader for the button.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Open the "Project" page.
      2. Navigate to the "Sidebar".
      3. Navigate to the mentioned button.
      4. Using the screen reader, navigate to the mentioned button.
      5. Listen that the button label is inappropriate.

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      Actual Results

      The inappropriate label “Collapse sidebar ( [ )" is specified for the sidebar button.

      As a result, screen reader users will not understand the purpose of the button.

      Expected Results

      The screen reader should announce a unique and appropriate label for the button.

      Specify the appropriate label "Sidebar" for the button using hidden text or the "aria-label" attribute.

      Workaround

      Currently, there is no known workaround for this behaviour. 

      Environment

      MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2020)
      macOs Sonoma 14.7
      Chrome - 131.0.6778.265 (Official Build) (x86_64)
      Firefox- Version 93.0 (32-bit)
      Safari- Version 18.2 (19620.1.16.111.6, 19620)
      JAWS- Version 2023
      NVDA- Version 2024.3
      Voiceover - Version Latest

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              Assignee:
              Iurii Besidka (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              Rajesh Sharma (Inactive)
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