diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Symbol/Glyph/Renderer.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Symbol/Glyph/Renderer.php
index 83195849394c..9f0e3b35147e 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Symbol/Glyph/Renderer.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Symbol/Glyph/Renderer.php
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ public function render(Component\Component $component, RendererInterface $defaul
             $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
         }
 
+        $has_action = $component->isActive() && ($component->getAction() !== '');
+        $is_clickable = $component->isTabbable() || ($component instanceof Component\Triggerer && count($component->getTriggeredSignals()) > 0);
+
+        if (!$has_action) {
+            $role = $is_clickable ? 'button' : 'img';
+            $tpl->setCurrentBlock("with_role");
+            $tpl->setVariable("ROLE", $role);
+            $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
+        }
+
         $tpl = $this->renderLabel($component, $tpl);
 
         $id = $this->bindJavaScript($component);
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.context_btn.html b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.context_btn.html
index c36bf807c5c1..fbde6217c88f 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.context_btn.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.context_btn.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<span class="glyph<!-- BEGIN highlighted --> highlighted<!-- END highlighted --><!-- BEGIN disabled --> disabled<!-- END disabled -->" <!-- BEGIN with_aria_disabled --> aria-disabled="{ARIA_DISABLED}"<!-- END with_aria_disabled --><!-- BEGIN aria_label --> aria-label="{LABEL}"<!-- END aria_label --> role="img"<!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id -->>
+<span class="glyph<!-- BEGIN highlighted --> highlighted<!-- END highlighted --><!-- BEGIN disabled --> disabled<!-- END disabled -->" <!-- BEGIN with_aria_disabled --> aria-disabled="{ARIA_DISABLED}"<!-- END with_aria_disabled --><!-- BEGIN aria_label --> aria-label="{LABEL}"<!-- END aria_label --><!-- BEGIN with_role --> role="{ROLE}"<!-- END with_role --><!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id -->>
 {GLYPH}
 </span>
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.standard.html b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.standard.html
index 7da77fabbc12..607c04cf017a 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.standard.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Symbol/tpl.glyph.standard.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<a <!-- BEGIN tabbable -->tabindex="0" <!-- END tabbable -->class="glyph<!-- BEGIN highlighted --> highlighted<!-- END highlighted --><!-- BEGIN disabled --> disabled<!-- END disabled -->"<!-- BEGIN with_action --> href="{ACTION}"<!-- END with_action --> aria-label="{LABEL}"<!-- BEGIN with_aria_disabled --> aria-disabled="{ARIA_DISABLED}"<!-- END with_aria_disabled --><!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id -->>
+<a<!-- BEGIN tabbable --> tabindex="0"<!-- END tabbable --> class="glyph<!-- BEGIN highlighted --> highlighted<!-- END highlighted --><!-- BEGIN disabled --> disabled<!-- END disabled -->"<!-- BEGIN with_action --> href="{ACTION}"<!-- END with_action --> aria-label="{LABEL}"<!-- BEGIN with_aria_disabled --> aria-disabled="{ARIA_DISABLED}"<!-- END with_aria_disabled --><!-- BEGIN with_role --> role="{ROLE}"<!-- END with_role --><!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id -->>
 {GLYPH}
 </a>