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The element div#sidebar requires the attribute role="button" #248
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created_at = <Date 2017-05-05.07:36:46.171>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.7', 'docs']
title = 'The element div#sidebar on documentation requires the attribute role="button".'
updated_at = <Date 2017-05-05.07:36:46.171>
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creator = 'Kyle Thomas'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue30278'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']
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KyleThomas commentedon May 5, 2017
Elements other than buttons which act as buttons require metadata to be accessible. Refer to
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/button/button.html
slateny commentedon Sep 1, 2022
If I'm understanding the original post right, this doc has a bit more info on why this might be helpful.
StanFromIreland commentedon Aug 13, 2025
The element is now called
#sidebarbutton, however this is an issue forpython-docs-theme.[-]The element div#sidebar on documentation requires the attribute role="button".[/-][+]The element div#sidebar requires the attribute role="button"[/+]hugovk commentedon Feb 28, 2026
Please see sphinx-doc/sphinx#14326 to fix this upstream in Sphinx.