[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50516: Use ARIA button class on plugin and theme auto-updates action links

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#50516: Use ARIA button class on plugin and theme auto-updates action links
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 Reporter:  audrasjb         |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  5.5
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:  accessibility    |
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 This ticket is a follow-up to #50512 which raises 4 independent issues
 related to plugin and theme auto-updates feature.

 Props should go to @ryokuhi who summarized the issue.

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 Currently, Enable / Disable controls are links. According to the
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-
 standards/accessibility/#semantics-for-controls accessibility coding
 standards (see the third row in the table)]:

 - the control should be a link when JavaScript is not available and a
 button the rest of the time.

 According to the current implementation, instead:
 - when JavaScript is off, the links work because they have a working href
 attribute;
 - when JavaScript is on, the links behave like buttons, but they’re still
 perceived as links.

 A partial solution would be to add the CSS class aria-button-if-js, that
 adds a role=button for these cases; this doesn't make the link-as-button
 work through spacebar as expected, though.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50516>
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