[Due for payment 2026-01-30] [$125] Keyboard Navigation: Many Pages: The links are focused and announced twice

[nbhardwaj-del]

Action Performed:

Prerequisite:

• User is logged in

1. Using Chrome, open the URL: https://new.expensify.com/
2. Tab to focus on the required workspace and press Enter to activate it
3. Once the Workspace menu is displayed, tab to focus on the "Rules" menu item and press Enter to activate it
4. Tab to focus on the links "for most USD credit transactions" and "more features"
5. Note how the links are focused.

Other Occurrences:

1. On Workspaces - Expensify Card - Add bank account: the link 'Your data is secure

Expected Result:

Each link should be focused only once.

Actual Result:

The links are focused and announced twice:

• 'for most USD credit transactions'
• 'more features'

HTML:

for most USD credit transactions

more features

Area issue was found in:

Workspace Rules

Failed WCAG checkpoints

WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/link-purpose-in-context.html

User impact:

People with motion impairment can skip links that they are not interested in, avoiding the keystrokes needed to visit the referenced content and then returning to the current content. People with cognitive limitations will not become disoriented by multiple means of navigation to and from content they are not interested in. People with visual disabilities will be able to determine the purpose of a link by exploring the link's context.

Suggested resolution:

Remove role="link" and tabindex="0" from the parent

since the nested element already serves as the interactive link.
Ensure that only the element is focusable and has the link role, and provide an aria-label to correctly match its visible label and accurately describe the control’s actual purpose.
https://gitnation.com/contents/nested-interactive-elements-an-nightmare-in-accessibility
https://adrianroselli.com/2016/12/be-wary-of-nesting-roles.html

Environment(s)

Windows 11 Home - Chrome

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6996814_1762503815274.Screen_Reader-Workspace_Rules-The_links_are_focused_and_announced_twice.mp4

Version Number: NA
Reproducible in staging?: NA
Reproducible in production?: Yes
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): NA
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 NA
Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation Yes
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: http://platform.applause.com/company/12102/products/36605/community-issues/6996814
Issue reported by: NA
Slack conversation: NA

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @mallenexpensify

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