[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58098: Empty top-level menu item to have role=button

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#58098: Empty top-level menu item to have role=button
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 Reporter:  robanna      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 Hey, @robanna! Thanks for contributing. Can you confirm that your request
 is specific to classic menus, as displayed using `wp_nav_menu()`? The
 navigation block handles things differently, so we want to confirm the
 context.

 Historically, the WordPress navigation menu hasn't injected any behaviors
 into the menu, so I'm not convinced that we want to dictate a change of
 semantics on top level headings. We do want to make sure that there are
 always interactive semantics, so making sure there's never a plain <a>
 element with no target makes sense.

 However, the role="button" is only applicable if that top level navigation
 item is used as a button trigger to open the menu, which will not always
 be the case - I think it's out of scope for the function to try and
 observe whether there are click events attached to the menu item.

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