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## 2024-05-18 - Accessibility for Responsive Icon-Only Buttons
**Learning:** When using responsive buttons or links where visible text is hidden on smaller screens via Tailwind classes (e.g., `hidden lg:inline`), ensure the parent interactive element (`<button>` or `<a>`) has an explicit `aria-label` attribute to maintain consistent screen reader accessibility across all viewport sizes. Additionally, structural icon elements (like `<span class="material-symbols-outlined">`) should include `aria-hidden="true"` to prevent screen readers from reading raw ligatures. Crucially, before applying `aria-hidden="true"` to an icon, you must ensure its parent interactive element has an accessible name; otherwise, the interactive element becomes completely invisible to screen readers.
**Action:** Always verify that buttons or links which rely heavily on icons for styling have clear `aria-label`s, and apply `aria-hidden="true"` to the icon elements within them. Apply this pattern consistently across all newly added or modified templates.
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