`react-doctor/no-responsive-hidden-accessible-name`

Responsive styles hide a control's accessible name

Category: Accessibility
Severity: warn
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react
Tags: react-jsx-only
Default: Enabled

Validate the diagnostic

Confirm the reported code matches this rule before you edit it.

Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/no-responsive-hidden-accessible-name. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

Compare the code

The corrected pattern shows a focused way to address the diagnostic.

Reported pattern

const Actions = () => (
  <>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">
        <strong>Save</strong>
      </span>
      <span className="md:hidden">changes</span>
    </button>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">Open</span>
      <span>menu</span>
    </button>
  </>
);

Corrected pattern

const Actions = () => (
  <>
    <button aria-label="Save changes">
      <span className="md:hidden">
        <strong>Save</strong>
      </span>
      <span className="md:hidden">changes</span>
    </button>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">Open</span>
      <span>menu</span>
    </button>
  </>
);

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

Copy this self-contained prompt into your coding agent after you confirm the diagnostic.

Fix every confirmed react-doctor/no-responsive-hidden-accessible-name diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Keep an accessible name available at every breakpoint, such as persistent sr-only text or an aria-label on the control.

Reference transformation:Before:

const Actions = () => (
  <>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">
        <strong>Save</strong>
      </span>
      <span className="md:hidden">changes</span>
    </button>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">Open</span>
      <span>menu</span>
    </button>
  </>
);

After:

const Actions = () => (
  <>
    <button aria-label="Save changes">
      <span className="md:hidden">
        <strong>Save</strong>
      </span>
      <span className="md:hidden">changes</span>
    </button>
    <button>
      <span className="md:hidden">Open</span>
      <span>menu</span>
    </button>
  </>
);

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Preserve accessible names, focus order, keyboard behavior, and touch access not targeted by this rule. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: react. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

More Accessibility rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/no-server-side-image-map: Server-side image map
react-doctor/no-skipped-heading-level: Heading hierarchy skips a level
react-doctor/no-small-form-control-text: Form control text is smaller than 16px
react-doctor/no-smooth-scroll-without-reduced-motion: Smooth scrolling ignores reduced motion
react-doctor/no-static-element-interactions: Require static elements with click or key handlers to declare an interactive role, or be replaced with a semantic element.

react-doctor/no-responsive-hidden-accessible-name