[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63535: Add support for aria-label in the Link modal (Block Editor and Classic Editor)

[WordPress Trac]

#63535: Add support for aria-label in the Link modal (Block Editor and Classic
Editor)
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 Reporter:  printsachen1     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Changes (by audrasjb):

 * keywords:   => 2nd-opinion
 * type:  enhancement => feature request
 * focuses:  accessibility, coding-standards => ui, accessibility
 * component:  General => Editor
 * version:  6.8 =>


Comment:

 Hello and thank you for the feature request,

 I understand why you are proposing this change as I'm myself personaly
 very involved in accessibility, profesionnally doing accessibility
 compliance audit as a living, and also a member of the WP Accessibility
 Team.

 For now, the Core team always considered this as "plugin territory" since
 by default, you don't HAVE to use links like "Read more" or "Click here":
 you can always write a full relevant anchor for any link.

 This position may be reconsidered in the future, but if we decide to
 introduce this in Core, then I would suggest to introduce support for more
 ARIA attributes, like `aria-hidden` which is probably as important as
 `aria-label` when it comes to resolves specific compliance issues like
 this.

 To open the discussion to a larger topic, maybe the best course of action
 for us would be to start working together (I mean: within the
 Accessibility Team) on an **Universal ARIA Support** community plugin. If
 it proves is usefulness for a wider audience, maybe it can eventually be
 merged into Core.
 What do you think of all this @joedolson?

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