[a11y][Violation][4.1.2 Name, Role, Value] Some Notebook UI elements missing roles and labels

[nkn2022]

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Description

I am running an accessibility test suite with Notebook UI using the IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker tool on Chrome browser. The results look good overall, only a few things are missing to reach a first formal level of compliance. So kindly help look into these.

Issues reported were violating WCAG 2.2 requirements. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/checker-rule-sets

Full report (includes information on element locations where issue were found): Accessibility_Report-7a73e10e-f8a4-4a06-a78d-5174a1309c5b.xlsx

Category: 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value

Ref: https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/?version=v7_3#4_1_2

Violation of Rule: element_tabbable_role_valid

List of issues with elements that violate this rule with a screenshots

Issue 1 The tabbable element's role 'generic' is not a widget role Element location: <div data-windowed-list-index="0" tabindex="0" aria-label="Code Cell Content with Output" class="lm-Widget jp-Cell jp-CodeCell jp-Notebook-cell jp-mod-selected jp-mod-active">

Issue 2 The tabbable element's role 'none' is not a widget role Element location: <jp-button minimal="" appearance="stealth" current-value="" tabindex="0" title="Create a duplicate of this cell below" data-command="notebook:duplicate-below" aria-label="Create a duplicate of this cell below" aria-disabled="false" class="jp-ToolbarButtonComponent"> Screenshot:

Issue 3 (Updated April 8, 2025 by @nkn2022) The tabbable element does not have a valid widget role <jp-button current-value="" tabindex="0" class="jp-ToolbarButtonComponent" appearance="stealth" title="Create a duplicate of this cell below" data-command="notebook:duplicate-below" aria-label="Create a duplicate of this cell below" aria-disabled="false">

**Violation of Rule: input_label_exists

List of issues with elements that violate this rule with a screenshots

Issue 1 Form control with "textbox" role has no associated label Element location: <div data-language="python" style="tab-size: 4;" tabindex="-1" aria-multiline="true" role="textbox" class="cm-content" contenteditable="true" translate="no" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" spellcheck="false"> Screenshot:

Reproduce

• Install Chrome extension for IBM accessibility checker tool. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/able/toolkit/verify/automated
• Open Notebook UI on Chrome browser. Add some cells with code.
• Run the tool and we can see the above Violations reported.

Here is the screenshot of the UI scanned for the attached report:

Expected behavior

Missing roles/labels are in place. Reference on how to fix this issue can be found in these links: Add accessible names for inputs lacking visible labels If repurposing a standard component, use ARIA to set the correct name and role On custom components, use ARIA to expose name, role, and value