[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54054: Remove role="navigation" from `nav` elements

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#54054: Remove role="navigation" from `nav` elements
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 Reporter:  ilovewpcom               |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.9
Component:  General                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-dev-     |     Focuses:  accessibility, coding-
  note commit                        |  standards
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * status:  accepted => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 In [changeset:"51967" 51967]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="" revision="51967"
 General: Remove role="navigation" from nav elements.

 Role="navigation" was required for assistive technology to recognize HTML5
 element's native ARIA roles while HTML5 and ARIA were being introduced.
 With the deprecation of IE11, the role attribute is only required when
 mapping elements that don't have native role.

 Props costdev, mukesh27.
 Fixes #54054.
 }}}

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