[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48920: role="navigation" no longer necessary on <nav> element in the_posts_navigation

[WordPress Trac]

#48920: role="navigation" no longer necessary on <nav> element in
the_posts_navigation
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 Reporter:  philbuchanan   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  accessibility  |
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 With widespread support for HTML5 elements the redundant `role` attribute
 is no longer necessary on a <nav> element and may result in screen readers
 announcing the element as "navigation navigation."

 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.1/src/wp-includes/link-
 template.php#L2364 See line 2364 of wp-includes/link-template.php]

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