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Type: feat
Intent: Improve accessibility of search inputs
Touchpoints: crates/app-http/src/platform/ui.rs, crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs
Evidence: Frontend verification (screenshot and video) complete, tests passing

💡 What:
Added an explicit aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" to the search inputs on the coverage page.

🎯 Why:
Relying solely on placeholder text for input context is a known accessibility anti-pattern. Placeholders disappear once text is entered, depriving users of context, and they are inconsistently read by screen readers. Providing an explicit aria-label ensures all users have permanent, reliable context for what the input does.

📸 Before/After:
Visuals remain unchanged, as aria- attributes are invisible to sighted users but essential for assistive tech.

♿ Accessibility:
Screen readers will now properly announce "Search by AC ID or title" when the user focuses the search input, regardless of whether text has already been entered.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 8309684600358313319 started by @EffortlessSteven

Adds an `aria-label` attribute to the search inputs in `crates/app-http/src/platform/ui.rs` and `crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs`. Relying solely on `placeholder` attributes for accessibility is an anti-pattern, as placeholders disappear when typing and are inconsistently read by screen readers. This explicit label ensures reliable context for assistive technologies.
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This pull request enhances accessibility by adding explicit aria-label attributes to search input elements across the codebase and documents the associated accessibility learning in a palette note.

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Cohort / File(s) Summary
Accessibility Documentation
.jules/palette.md
Added a dated accessibility note documenting that search inputs should include explicit aria-label attributes for reliable screen reader support, rather than relying solely on placeholder text.
UI Search Input Accessibility
crates/app-http/src/platform/ui.rs, crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs
Added aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" attribute to search input elements on the coverage page in both UI files, enhancing screen reader compatibility without changing existing functionality or behavior.

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Poem

🐰 A whisper for those who cannot see,
A label clear, so all are free,
Search inputs now announce their call,
With aria's voice heard by all! 🎙️

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3
✅ Passed checks (3 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly references adding aria-label to search inputs, which directly matches the main change in the changeset.
Description check ✅ Passed The description comprehensively explains the accessibility improvement, including the what, why, and impact of adding aria-label to search inputs.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.

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In @.jules/palette.md:
- Line 1: Update the palette entry heading "## 2024-04-01 - Added `aria-label`
to search inputs" to the correct date for this change (e.g., "## 2026-04-01 -
Added `aria-label` to search inputs") so the changelog entry matches the PR
date; edit the heading text in .jules/palette.md to replace the year 2024 with
2026.
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor

Fix the palette entry date to match this change.

The note is dated 2024-04-01, but this PR was created on April 1, 2026. Please update the heading date to avoid stale/incorrect changelog history.

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In @.jules/palette.md at line 1, Update the palette entry heading "## 2024-04-01
- Added `aria-label` to search inputs" to the correct date for this change
(e.g., "## 2026-04-01 - Added `aria-label` to search inputs") so the changelog
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This pull request improves accessibility by adding aria-label attributes to search inputs and documenting this best practice. The reviewer suggests further enhancing the semantic structure and mobile user experience by changing the input type from text to search.

button #filter-failing.filter-btn onclick="filterData('failing')" { "Failing" }
button #filter-unknown.filter-btn onclick="filterData('unknown')" { "Unknown" }
input #search-box.search-box type="text" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
input #search-box.search-box type="text" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
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Consider using type="search" for the search input. This provides better semantic meaning to assistive technologies and can improve the user experience on mobile devices (e.g., by showing a 'Search' button on the virtual keyboard).

Suggested change
input #search-box.search-box type="text" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
input #search-box.search-box type="search" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."

button #filter-failing.filter-btn onclick="filterData('failing')" { "Failing" }
button #filter-unknown.filter-btn onclick="filterData('unknown')" { "Unknown" }
input #search-box.search-box type="text" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
input #search-box.search-box type="text" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
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Consider using type="search" for the search input. This provides better semantic meaning to assistive technologies and can improve the user experience on mobile devices (e.g., by showing a 'Search' button on the virtual keyboard).

Suggested change
input #search-box.search-box type="text" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."
input #search-box.search-box type="search" aria-label="Search by AC ID or title" placeholder="Search by AC ID or title..."

Adds an `aria-label` attribute to the search inputs in `crates/app-http/src/platform/ui.rs` and `crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs`. Relying solely on `placeholder` attributes for accessibility is an anti-pattern, as placeholders disappear when typing and are inconsistently read by screen readers. This explicit label ensures reliable context for assistive technologies.
Adds an `aria-label` attribute to the search inputs in `crates/app-http/src/platform/ui.rs` and `crates/http-platform/src/ui.rs`. Relying solely on `placeholder` attributes for accessibility is an anti-pattern, as placeholders disappear when typing and are inconsistently read by screen readers. This explicit label ensures reliable context for assistive technologies.
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Hint: prefix PR titles with AC-###, US-###, or FT-### for traceability. Add label skip-title-check to suppress.

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