fix(breadcrumb): hide decorative separators from assistive tech - #1319
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What
Adds
aria-hidden="true"to the breadcrumb separator list items so decorative chevron separators are not exposed to assistive technology.Why
Breadcrumb separators are visual-only delimiters. Without hiding them, screen readers can announce separator glyphs between breadcrumb items, adding noise to the trail. This aligns decorative non-text content with WCAG 2.x SC 1.1.1.
Notes
This ports a small accessibility fix I previously opened against PrimeNG before the repository was archived: primefaces/primeng#19568.
No behavior, CSS, or public API changes are included. Existing passthrough hooks remain in place for the separator and separator icon.
I am also happy to help with accessibility triage/review as Optimus UI moves toward its first release. I have been working through accessibility fixes in component libraries, including recent USWDS contributions and open accessibility PRs/issues in related UI ecosystems, and can help keep follow-up fixes small and reviewable here.
Tests
corepack pnpm install --frozen-lockfilecorepack pnpm exec prettier --check packages/optimus-ui/src/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.ts packages/optimus-ui/src/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.spec.tscorepack pnpm run build:optimus-uicorepack pnpm --filter @openng/optimus-ui test:unitThe full Optimus UI unit test command completed successfully with
TOTAL: 7205 SUCCESSand 90 skipped tests. The run emitted existing console/reporter warnings after completion, but exited with status 0.