[Fleet] Fix screen reader announcement for actions buttons across Fleet tables by Copilot · Pull Request #258559 · elastic/kibana

Copilot · 2026-03-19T14:49:21Z

The ⋯ actions button in Fleet tables had aria-label="Open", causing screen readers to announce it as "Open, button" — providing no semantic context for non-sighted users (WCAG 1.3.1). With multiple rows, a generic label like "Actions" still doesn't help screen reader users distinguish between buttons in different rows.

Changes

context_menu_actions.tsx: Added an optional ariaLabel prop to ContextMenuActions. The EuiButtonIcon uses the passed label when provided, falling back to the generic "Actions" translation.
actions_menu.tsx (AgentPolicyActionMenu): Passes "Actions for {policyName}" as the ariaLabel when rendering in icon-only mode, so each row's button is uniquely announced (e.g. "Actions for ESTEC Agent Policy, button").
package_policy_actions_menu.tsx (PackagePolicyActionsMenu): Passes "Actions for {policyName}" using the package policy name.
data_stream_row_actions.tsx (DataStreamRowActions): Passes "Actions for {dataset}" using the data stream's dataset name.

This ensures screen readers announce each row's button with enough context to distinguish it from buttons in other rows, across all Fleet tables that use the shared ContextMenuActions component.

Original prompt

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<issue_title>[Security:Assets:AgentsPolicies] Actions button announced as open, button on agent policies table</issue_title>
<issue_description>Description
Actions button on agent policies table is announced as open, button.

Preconditions
Security->Assets->AgentPolicies
You have one or more agent policies

Steps to reproduce

Navigate to Security->Assets ->Agent Policies tab

Run voiceover

Click on "..." under action column

Notice Kibana announcing it as "open, button"

This doesn't give any context to non-sighted user

Kibana Version: 9.2.0

OS: OS X

Browser: Chrome latest

**WCAG or Vendor Guidance **

Understanding SC 1.3.1: Info and Relationships (Level A) (https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/info-and-relationships.html)

Related to: https://github.com/elastic/kibana-team/issues/1773
</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>rename open to actions button</agent_instructions>

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@elasticmachine Pinging @elastic/security-solution (Team: SecuritySolution) @elasticmachine Pinging @elastic/kibana-accessibility (Project:Accessibility) @elasticmachine Pinging @elastic/security-asset-management (Team:Asset Management) @bhavyarm Found while auditing for https://github.com/elastic/kibana-team/issues/2404

Fixes [Security:Assets:AgentsPolicies] Actions button announced as open, button on agent policies table #230985

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elasticmachine · 2026-03-19T16:54:32Z

Pinging @elastic/fleet (Team:Fleet)

juliaElastic · 2026-03-20T10:42:04Z

/ci

juliaElastic · 2026-03-20T10:42:18Z

@elasticmachine run docs-build

bhavyarm · 2026-03-23T09:39:18Z

@elasticmachine merge upstream

bhavyarm · 2026-03-25T14:52:19Z

@elasticmachine run docs-build

bhavyarm · 2026-03-25T14:52:25Z

/ci

alexwizp · 2026-03-26T11:53:44Z

@bhavyarm I’m not sure a simple rename fully resolves the a11y issue. With multiple rows, we still end up with items that have very similar labels. Previously, we agreed to add more context to the aria-label, e.g. “Actions for row {row number}” or “Actions for {row title}”.

alexwizp · 2026-03-26T18:37:00Z

@copilot please apply suggestions from my previous message

alexwizp · 2026-03-27T13:43:15Z

/ci

elasticmachine · 2026-03-27T15:07:15Z

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macroscopeapp · 2026-03-30T14:24:48Z

Approvability

Verdict: Would Approve

This PR adds aria-label attributes to action buttons for screen reader accessibility improvements. The changes are purely presentational with no runtime behavior impact - only adding i18n-translated labels to existing buttons. The open review comment about prop naming appears to already be addressed in the current code.

No code changes detected at 1192b34. Prior analysis still applies.

^{Macroscope would have approved this PR. A repo admin can enable approvability here.}

alexwizp · 2026-04-14T12:13:22Z

/ci

alexwizp · 2026-04-14T12:13:36Z

@elasticmachine run docs-build

alexwizp · 2026-04-14T18:30:03Z

/ci

alexwizp · 2026-04-14T18:30:15Z

@elasticmachine run docs-build

kibanamachine · 2026-04-14T21:21:04Z

Starting backport for target branches: 9.3, 9.4

https://github.com/elastic/kibana/actions/runs/24423527735

…et tables (elastic#258559) (cherry picked from commit 3303bb4)

kibanamachine · 2026-04-14T21:29:48Z

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…ss Fleet tables (#258559) (#263207) # Backport This will backport the following commits from `main` to `9.4`: - [[Fleet] Fix screen reader announcement for actions buttons across Fleet tables (#258559)](#258559)  ### Questions ? Please refer to the [Backport tool documentation](https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport)  Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

…et tables (elastic#258559) (cherry picked from commit 3303bb4) # Conflicts: # x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/public/components/context_menu_actions.tsx

alexwizp · 2026-04-15T09:07:57Z

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…ss Fleet tables (#258559) (#263320) # Backport This will backport the following commits from `main` to `9.3`: - [[Fleet] Fix screen reader announcement for actions buttons across Fleet tables (#258559)](#258559)  ### Questions ? Please refer to the [Backport tool documentation](https://github.com/sorenlouv/backport)  Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Copilot started work on behalf of bhavyarm March 19, 2026 14:49 View session

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Fix actions button announcement for agent policies table~~ [Fleet] Fix screen reader announcement for agent policies table actions button Mar 19, 2026

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alexwizp added backport:version Backport to applied version labels v9.4.0 v9.5.0 v9.3.4 and removed backport:all-open Backport to all branches that could still receive a release labels Apr 14, 2026

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[9.4] [Fleet] Fix screen reader announcement for actions buttons across Fleet tables (#258559) #263207

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