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fix(label-content-name-mismatch): ignore nested group content in visible text - #5509
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Excluding a whitespace-only group collapses “Save report” into “Savereport,” causing a false violation for a correctly labeled link; whitespace boundaries need preservation and a regression test.
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What changed in this PR
Fixes false label-content-name-mismatch violations for expanded tree items by excluding nested group content from their visible labels, addressing #5505.
Changes:
- Adds an opt-in
excludeRolesoption tovisibleVirtual, preserving the root element anddetailscontent. - Defaults the check to exclude
groupdescendants and documents the option. - Adds unit and integration coverage for nested groups, configuration overrides, and genuine label mismatches.
| File | Description |
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test/integration/rules/label-content-name-mismatch/label-content-name-mismatch.json |
Registers new passing and failing fixtures. |
test/integration/rules/label-content-name-mismatch/label-content-name-mismatch.html |
Adds nested-tree and leaf-mismatch fixtures. |
test/commons/text/visible-virtual.js |
Tests role exclusion, fallback roles, and exceptions. |
test/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.js |
Tests nested-group handling and retained label checks. |
lib/commons/text/visible-virtual.js |
Implements optional descendant-role exclusion. |
lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.json |
Sets the default excluded role to group. |
lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch-evaluate.js |
Passes role exclusions to visible-text collection. |
doc/check-options.md |
Documents the new check option and default. |
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label-content-name-mismatchcounts every visible descendant as part of an element's visible label. For an expanded tree item, that includes the text of the child items in its nestedrole="group". This is the APG nested tree pattern, and the reported markup is:The parent's visible text came out as
Documents Report Notes, so every expanded parent item was reported as a violation now that the rule is on by default. The child items pass.Browsers already leave nested groups out of name-from-content. Chrome names that item
"Documents", and the same holds forrole="group foo",role="foo group"and<fieldset>;<details>content is kept. This PR makes the rule's visible text match:visibleVirtualgets an opt-inexcludeRolesoption. A child element whose role (with fallback roles) is listed contributes no text.detailsis never excluded, and neither is the element itself. No other caller passes the option, so their output is unchanged.excludeRolesoption, defaulting to["group"], documented indoc/check-options.md. Setting it to[]restores the old behavior.Notes for reviewers:
treeitemis one of those widgets, so the fix belongs in how visible text is gathered, not in what the rule applies to.role="group"inside a button is also skipped. This matches Chrome, which also leaves group content out of a link's name from content.menu,listbox,tree,grid,toolbar, landmarks, …). This PR deliberately covers onlygroup, which is what the issue reports.visibleVirtualas fix(commons/text/visibleVirtual): separate the text of adjacent block elements #5460 and fix(commons/text/visibleVirtual): separate the words around a visually hidden element #5476, and adds an integration fixture#pass20, as fix(label-content-name-mismatch): match labels inside parenthesised name text #5499 does. Whichever merges later will need a small rebase and renumbering.Verification:
visibleVirtualand the check) fail without the change and pass with it. The guard tests (button in a gridcell, nested list, unnamed region still counted) were checked by widening the role list.#pass20is reported as a violation withexcludeRoles: []and passes with the default.#fail11, a leaf tree item whose text isn't in its name, still fails. It also fails iftreeitemstops being named from content, which guards against fixing this through rule applicability instead.eslintandprettier --checkpass.test:tsc,test:unit:core/commons/rule-matches/checks/api/virtual-rules/gather-internalsandtest:apgpass locally.test:unit:integrationpasses apart fromidentical-links-same-purpose#pass15, andtest:actpasses apart from 78fd32 (line height). Both fail the same way ondeveloplocally and are unrelated to this change.Closes: #5505