Remove role="textbox" from search input, per a11y practices. #941#1285
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Xon merged 1 commit intoChoices-js:mainfrom Mar 3, 2025
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Remove role="textbox" from search input, per a11y practices. #941#1285Xon merged 1 commit intoChoices-js:mainfrom
role="textbox" from search input, per a11y practices. #941#1285Xon merged 1 commit intoChoices-js:mainfrom
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role="textbox" from search input, per a11y practices. #941
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Description
A typical Choices dropdown will add the attribute role="textbox" to the search textbox:
<input type="search" class="choices__input" role="textbox" >According to a11y best practice, it's recommended to not add the role="textbox" to an text or search element . Rather, screen readers and other assistive technologies already infer that it's a textbox from the element itself.
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#textbox
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/textbox_role
In other words, both sources imply this should only be used on non-input elements.
Types of changes
This PR removes setting a role="textbox" to the input type="search" element of a choices dropdown.
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