`react-doctor/no-uninformative-aria-label`

Uninformative aria-label

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

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/no-uninformative-aria-label. 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

<button aria-label="button"><SearchIcon /></button>

Corrected pattern

const A = () => (
  <button aria-label="Search">
    <Svg aria-hidden="true" />
  </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

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Fix every confirmed react-doctor/no-uninformative-aria-label diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Name the action, not the element type: aria-label="Search", not aria-label="icon" or aria-label="button".

Reference transformation:Before:

<button aria-label="button"><SearchIcon /></button>

After:

const A = () => (
  <button aria-label="Search">
    <Svg aria-hidden="true" />
  </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/prefer-html-dialog: Replace the hand-rolled modal wrapper with a native <dialog> opened via dialog.showModal()
react-doctor/prefer-tag-over-role: Replace role with the semantic HTML element when one exists.
react-doctor/radio-input-missing-name: Radio input missing name
react-doctor/require-reduced-motion: Project ships a motion library but never gates animation on the user's reduced-motion preference — add `useReducedMotion()` / `<MotionConfig reducedMotion="user">` or a `@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)` query
react-doctor/role-button-requires-complete-keyboard-activation: ARIA button handles only one activation key

react-doctor/no-uninformative-aria-label