id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc 3092,Reply button needs rendering as button for screen readers,alexstine,johnjamesjacoby,"For both the topic reply and reply reply links, they are not rendered as buttons. They need to be rendered as buttons to ensure screen readers recognize that it is a button that stays on the current page vs a link which is outbound. Take this code example. {{{ Sample Reply Link }}} To screen reader users, this is an outbound link and after clicking said link, they expect to be taken to another page. {{{ Sample Reply Link }}} Adding an ARIA-role allows to render the link as a button for just screen reader users while keeping the same default link behavior. Now screen readers will notify that it is a button rather than outbound link. One final change that needs to be made is after selecting reply, it needs an auto focus in the textarea. If this does not happen, screen readers would never know another box opened or that the button/link did anything at all. Hope it's useful, thanks.",enhancement,closed,high,2.6,General - Accessibility,2.5.13,major,fixed,commit,