Add accessible names to decorative SVG icons #212
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Description
This PR fixes 6 accessibility violations identified by the IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker, where SVG elements were missing accessible names in violation of WCAG 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
Problem
Screen readers were attempting to announce decorative icon elements that lacked proper accessibility attributes. The affected icons include:
"Software"dropdown menu"Plugins"and"Docs"navigation linksDiscord,GitHub, andTwitterScreenshot:


Violation Report:
In all cases, these icons are purely decorative and accompany text labels or are within elements that already have proper

aria-labelattributes. For example, theseaelements providearia-labelto describe the icon, so we should keep thesesvgelements are markedaria-hidden="true":Solution
Added
aria-hidden="true"to all decorative<Icon>components. This attribute instructs screen readers to ignore these SVG elements, preventing redundant and confusing announcements while maintaining visual design.Changes Made
aria-hidden="true"to social media icons (Discord, GitHub, Twitter)aria-hidden="true"to external link icons for "Plugins" and "Docs"aria-hidden="true"to the chevron icon in dropdown menuWCAG Compliance
This fix ensures compliance with: