This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 5/7/25.
Description
When tabbing through the inbox list, there is an "open conversation" button that appears for each item in the inbox. The span tag prior to the interactive element being selected does not have a 'button' role.
Expected Behavior
Since the span tag is an interactive element, may need an ARIA role
Workaround
No workaround exists at this time.
Steps to Reproduce
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Have a user with at least one conversation message in their inbox
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As the user, navigate to the inbox
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Tab through the page
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After the favorite star, tab once more
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Note the open conversation button
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Note that when it is not selected, the interactive element is a span. When it is selected, the element turns into a button. The span doesn’t have a role.
Additional Info
VICE-5181
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