Symptom
A link () element is assigned role="combobox", which is reported as nonconformant by accessibility test tool
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to career site
- Sign In
- Right click on Language drop-down and click Inspect
- See that the field has role="combobox" but this should be removed
Resolution
The aria-label and role="combobox" attributes on the link element were intentionally introduced as part of an internal accessibility enhancement to improve screen reader support, therefore the behaviour is working as designed.
Keywords
a11y, accessibility, not appropriate, anchor element, link element, axe finding, wcag, RCM-106111 , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-ACC , SuccessFactors Recruiting Management Accessibility , Problem
Product
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions
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