Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar by vishnucmsminds · Pull Request #78140 · WordPress/gutenberg

vishnucmsminds · 2026-05-11T06:19:18Z

What?

This PR adds a descriptive aria-label to the Revisions button in the Post Summary sidebar panel.

Why?

Previously, the Revisions button in the Post Summary sidebar only displayed the count of revisions (e.g., "3"). For screen reader users, this was announced simply as "3 button," which lacked context. Adding a descriptive aria-label ensures that users understand the button's purpose is to open the revisions screen.

How?

In packages/editor/src/components/post-last-revision/index.js, I've updated the PrivatePostLastRevision component's Button to include an ariaLabel prop. The label is localized and dynamically includes the revision count: Open revisions screen: %s revisions.

Testing Instructions

Open a post or page that has at least two revisions.
Open the Settings sidebar and ensure you are on the Post tab.
Locate the Summary panel.
Inspect the Revisions button (the one showing the number of revisions).
Verify that it now has an aria-label attribute like aria-label="Open revisions screen: X revisions".

Testing Instructions for Keyboard

Navigate to the Revisions button using the Tab key.
Use a screen reader (like VoiceOver or NVDA) to verify that the button is announced with the new descriptive label instead of just the number.

Use of AI Tools

This PR was authored with the assistance of Claude Opus 4.6. I have reviewed and tested the changes to ensure they meet the project's standards and solve the reported accessibility issue.

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t-hamano · 2026-05-11T14:32:54Z

@vishnucmsminds, Do you know about E2E tests? The button label has changed, so we need to update the E2E tests accordingly. The files that need to be modified are as follows:

specs/editor/various/footnotes-revisions.spec.js
specs/editor/various/revision-block-diff.spec.js
specs/editor/various/revision-fields-diff.spec.js

In other words, we need to change the code included in the file above as follows.

                } );
                await settingsSidebar.getByRole( 'tab', { name: 'Post' } ).click();
                await settingsSidebar
-                       .getByRole( 'button', { name: '2', exact: true } )
+                       .getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Open revisions screen: 2 revisions' } )
                        .click();
                await expect(
                        page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Restore' } )

vishnucmsminds · 2026-05-12T05:56:15Z

specs/editor/various/footnotes-revisions.spec.js

specs/editor/various/revision-block-diff.spec.js

specs/editor/various/revision-fields-diff.spec.js

Thanks for the feedback @t-hamano! I've updated the E2E tests in the following files to match the new button label:
test/e2e/specs/editor/various/footnotes-revisions.spec.js
test/e2e/specs/editor/various/revision-block-diff.spec.js
test/e2e/specs/editor/various/revision-fields-diff.spec.js

Please let me know if any further changes are needed.

* Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar * Change ariaLabel to aria-label for better standard compliance * Update E2E tests to match the new revisions button aria-label * Update E2E tests to match new Revisions button aria-label --------- Co-authored-by: vishnupprajapat <vishnuprajapat@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: vishnucmsminds <prajapatvishnu@git.wordpress.org> Co-authored-by: t-hamano <wildworks@git.wordpress.org>

github-actions · 2026-05-12T10:33:19Z

I just cherry-picked this PR to the wp/7.0 branch to get it included in the next release: ad384d5

This updates the pinned hash from the `gutenberg` from `c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914 ` to `3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b`. The following changes are included: - [WP.7.0] Admin UI: Backport accessibility fixes (WordPress/gutenberg#77617, WordPress/gutenberg#78001) (WordPress/gutenberg#78002) - Fix: Shortcode block does not render in Navigation Overlay (WordPress/gutenberg#77511) - feat: Enhance Connectors page on read-only file system (WordPress/gutenberg#77521) - Connectors: Avoid using centered text (WordPress/gutenberg#78125) - Revisions: Add tooltip to diff marker buttons (WordPress/gutenberg#77690) - Add backport for WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION (WordPress/gutenberg#78160) - Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar (WordPress/gutenberg#78140) - Revisions diff markers: enforce 24×24px minimum target size (WCAG 2.5.8) (WordPress/gutenberg#77671) - Connectors: Replace @wordpress/ui Link and Notice usage (WordPress/gutenberg#78117) - Connectors: Increase right padding of callout for mobile layout (WordPress/gutenberg#78126) - isFulfilled: don't change resolution state, call in resolveSelect (WordPress/gutenberg#78201) - Connectors: Restyle AI plugin callout with pastel background and beaker decoration (WordPress/gutenberg#78243) - Block supports: Optimize custom CSS class rendering and parsing (WordPress/gutenberg#78217) - Block Inspector: Hide Styles tab in preview mode (WordPress/gutenberg#78230) - Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates (WordPress/gutenberg#77186) - Editor: Fix Visual Revisions meta keys overlap (WordPress/gutenberg#78156) - Editor: Disable Visual Revisions when classic meta boxes are present (WordPress/gutenberg#78249) (WordPress/gutenberg#78286) - Revisions: Scale diff markers width with user text-size preference (WordPress/gutenberg#78273) A full list of changes can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914…3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b. Log created with: git log --reverse --format="- %s" c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914..3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b | sed 's|#\([0-9][0-9]*\)|https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/\1|g; /github\.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull/!d' | pbcopy See #64595. git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/branches/7.0@62360 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

This updates the pinned hash from the `gutenberg` from `c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914 ` to `3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b`. The following changes are included: - [WP.7.0] Admin UI: Backport accessibility fixes (WordPress/gutenberg#77617, WordPress/gutenberg#78001) (WordPress/gutenberg#78002) - Fix: Shortcode block does not render in Navigation Overlay (WordPress/gutenberg#77511) - feat: Enhance Connectors page on read-only file system (WordPress/gutenberg#77521) - Connectors: Avoid using centered text (WordPress/gutenberg#78125) - Revisions: Add tooltip to diff marker buttons (WordPress/gutenberg#77690) - Add backport for WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION (WordPress/gutenberg#78160) - Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar (WordPress/gutenberg#78140) - Revisions diff markers: enforce 24×24px minimum target size (WCAG 2.5.8) (WordPress/gutenberg#77671) - Connectors: Replace @wordpress/ui Link and Notice usage (WordPress/gutenberg#78117) - Connectors: Increase right padding of callout for mobile layout (WordPress/gutenberg#78126) - isFulfilled: don't change resolution state, call in resolveSelect (WordPress/gutenberg#78201) - Connectors: Restyle AI plugin callout with pastel background and beaker decoration (WordPress/gutenberg#78243) - Block supports: Optimize custom CSS class rendering and parsing (WordPress/gutenberg#78217) - Block Inspector: Hide Styles tab in preview mode (WordPress/gutenberg#78230) - Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates (WordPress/gutenberg#77186) - Editor: Fix Visual Revisions meta keys overlap (WordPress/gutenberg#78156) - Editor: Disable Visual Revisions when classic meta boxes are present (WordPress/gutenberg#78249) (WordPress/gutenberg#78286) - Revisions: Scale diff markers width with user text-size preference (WordPress/gutenberg#78273) A full list of changes can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914…3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b. Log created with: git log --reverse --format="- %s" c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914..3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b | sed 's|#\([0-9][0-9]*\)|https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/\1|g; /github\.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull/!d' | pbcopy See #64595. Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/branches/7.0@62360 git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/branches/7.0@61641 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

This updates the pinned hash from the `gutenberg` from `c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914 ` to `3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b`. The following changes are included: - [WP.7.0] Admin UI: Backport accessibility fixes (WordPress/gutenberg#77617, WordPress/gutenberg#78001) (WordPress/gutenberg#78002) - Fix: Shortcode block does not render in Navigation Overlay (WordPress/gutenberg#77511) - feat: Enhance Connectors page on read-only file system (WordPress/gutenberg#77521) - Connectors: Avoid using centered text (WordPress/gutenberg#78125) - Revisions: Add tooltip to diff marker buttons (WordPress/gutenberg#77690) - Add backport for WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION (WordPress/gutenberg#78160) - Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar (WordPress/gutenberg#78140) - Revisions diff markers: enforce 24×24px minimum target size (WCAG 2.5.8) (WordPress/gutenberg#77671) - Connectors: Replace @wordpress/ui Link and Notice usage (WordPress/gutenberg#78117) - Connectors: Increase right padding of callout for mobile layout (WordPress/gutenberg#78126) - isFulfilled: don't change resolution state, call in resolveSelect (WordPress/gutenberg#78201) - Connectors: Restyle AI plugin callout with pastel background and beaker decoration (WordPress/gutenberg#78243) - Block supports: Optimize custom CSS class rendering and parsing (WordPress/gutenberg#78217) - Block Inspector: Hide Styles tab in preview mode (WordPress/gutenberg#78230) - Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates (WordPress/gutenberg#77186) - Editor: Fix Visual Revisions meta keys overlap (WordPress/gutenberg#78156) - Editor: Disable Visual Revisions when classic meta boxes are present (WordPress/gutenberg#78249) (WordPress/gutenberg#78286) - Revisions: Scale diff markers width with user text-size preference (WordPress/gutenberg#78273) A full list of changes can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914…3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b. Log created with: `git log --reverse --format="- %s" c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914..3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b | sed 's|#\([0-9][0-9]*\)|https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/\1|g; /github\.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull/!d' | pbcopy` Reviewed by desrosj. Merges [62360] to `trunk`. See #64595. git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@62361 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

This updates the pinned hash from the `gutenberg` from `c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914 ` to `3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b`. The following changes are included: - [WP.7.0] Admin UI: Backport accessibility fixes (WordPress/gutenberg#77617, WordPress/gutenberg#78001) (WordPress/gutenberg#78002) - Fix: Shortcode block does not render in Navigation Overlay (WordPress/gutenberg#77511) - feat: Enhance Connectors page on read-only file system (WordPress/gutenberg#77521) - Connectors: Avoid using centered text (WordPress/gutenberg#78125) - Revisions: Add tooltip to diff marker buttons (WordPress/gutenberg#77690) - Add backport for WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION (WordPress/gutenberg#78160) - Add aria-label to Revisions button in Post Summary sidebar (WordPress/gutenberg#78140) - Revisions diff markers: enforce 24×24px minimum target size (WCAG 2.5.8) (WordPress/gutenberg#77671) - Connectors: Replace @wordpress/ui Link and Notice usage (WordPress/gutenberg#78117) - Connectors: Increase right padding of callout for mobile layout (WordPress/gutenberg#78126) - isFulfilled: don't change resolution state, call in resolveSelect (WordPress/gutenberg#78201) - Connectors: Restyle AI plugin callout with pastel background and beaker decoration (WordPress/gutenberg#78243) - Block supports: Optimize custom CSS class rendering and parsing (WordPress/gutenberg#78217) - Block Inspector: Hide Styles tab in preview mode (WordPress/gutenberg#78230) - Navigation Link: Preserve custom labels during link updates (WordPress/gutenberg#77186) - Editor: Fix Visual Revisions meta keys overlap (WordPress/gutenberg#78156) - Editor: Disable Visual Revisions when classic meta boxes are present (WordPress/gutenberg#78249) (WordPress/gutenberg#78286) - Revisions: Scale diff markers width with user text-size preference (WordPress/gutenberg#78273) A full list of changes can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/compare/c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914…3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b. Log created with: `git log --reverse --format="- %s" c15cef1d6b07f666df28dac0383bafb0edfe0914..3a4e8d1418d25da83b70158bcaabf65580690b6b | sed 's|#\([0-9][0-9]*\)|https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/\1|g; /github\.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull/!d' | pbcopy` Reviewed by desrosj. Merges [62360] to `trunk`. See #64595. Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@62361 git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61642 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

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Change ariaLabel to aria-label for better standard compliance

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