Issue Summary

The Redundant image and textual link with redundant alt text is provided for the image link.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the "Project" page.
2. Navigate to the "Sidebar".
3. Navigate to the mentioned image and textual link.
4. Inspect the code of the image link and textual link.
5. Notice that both links open the same but are defined in separate <a> tags.

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Actual Results

There are adjacent image and textual links such as "Jira DC VPAT 2025" 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

Image and text links with same destination should be merged into a single link.

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.

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 Monterey Version 12.3.1
Chrome - Version 131.0.6778.265 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Firefox- Version 134.0.1 (32-bit)
Safari- Version 18.1.1 (20619.2.8.11.12)
JAWS- Version 2023
NVDA- Version 2024.4.2
Voiceover - Version Latest