[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51012: Menu dashicons should be hidden from assistive technology

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#51012: Menu dashicons should be hidden from assistive technology
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 Reporter:  joedolson                      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General                        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |   Keywords:  good-first-bug
  Focuses:  accessibility, administration  |
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 In the admin menu, images are added to support text links via icon fonts.
 Each icon font is contained inside a div within the link.

 The container div elements that the icon fonts are attached to should use
 the attribute `aria-hidden="true"` so that they will not be exposed to
 assistive technology. The reading of icon fonts can be unpredictable in
 screen readers.

 Using `aria-hidden="true"` in this context is semantically equivalent to
 defining an empty alt attribute.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51012>
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