3596253 - Screen Reader Does Not Announce Presentation Folder Roles

When using a screen reader to navigate through presentation folders, the screen reader doesn't announce the folders as menu items. Instead, it announces the names of the folders and the number of presentations within them:

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SAP SuccessFactors Presentations

1. Log in to the system with a screen reader
2. In the module picker, select Presentations
3. Select the My Presentations tab
4. Navigate through the folders and they are not announced as menu items

The focusable left-navigation folder item is rendered inside a menu widget (<ul role="menu"> / <li role="menuitem">) by the shared SFListContainer framework, and the focusable element already carries role="menuitem".

A screen reader not announcing the word "menu item" on focus is expected. The ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (Menu/Menubar pattern) specifies that a menuitem must have a role and an accessible name calculated from its text content; it does not require assistive technology to vocalize the role. Screen readers deliberately suppress repeating the role inside composite widgets (menu, listbox, tree) to reduce verbosity.

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