[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37513: Admin bar sub menu items dashicon and screen readers

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#37513: Admin bar sub menu items dashicon and screen readers
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 Reporter:  afercia          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Toolbar          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by afercia):

 Discussed a bit this ticket at today's accessibility weekly meeting. Given
 the fact [https://www.w3.org/TR/css-content-3/#accessibility CSS generated
 content will be treated as actual content] in the near future (VoiceOver
 already does that) our recommendation is to make everyone aware of this
 issue and be prepared. When CSS generated content is not intended to be
 available for speech output, for example for the several icons used in
 core, then it should always use an element (for example a `<span>`) with
 `aria-hidden="true"`. At the moment, this is the only reliable way to hide
 CSS generated font icons to assistive technologies.

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