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🤔 Background

#690 (v1.5.0) added role="button" to the <li> pager items to improve keyboard support and labels. However, role="button" is not an allowed role for <li> inside <ul>/<ol>, so the markup now violates axe rules:

  • aria-allowed-role: "ARIA role button is not allowed for given element"
  • list: "<ul> and <ol> must only directly contain <li>, <script> or <template> elements" (the role="button" override drops the implicit listitem semantics)

💥 Impact

Downstream projects running axe-based a11y tests on anything that renders Pagination fail CI. Example: ant-design/ant-design#58604 — all 5 test jobs red with 1740 aria-allowed-role violations across pagination / list / table / transfer / config-provider suites.

🔧 Fix

Remove the invalid role="button" from all five <li> sites (page items, prev, next, jump-prev, jump-next) while keeping every a11y improvement from #690:

  • aria-label on all items
  • aria-current="page" on the active item
  • aria-disabled on prev/next
  • tabIndex + Enter/Space activation

The net markup is strictly more accessible than pre-#690 (no role, no labels, no Space-key support) and axe-compliant again.

An alternative would be rendering a real <button> inside each <li> (WAI-ARIA APG pagination pattern), but itemRender accepts arbitrary custom content, so the li-as-control pattern avoids nested interactive elements.

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  • Full local suite: 222/222 tests, 130/130 snapshots (snapshot diff contains only the role removals)
  • npm run lint / npm run tsc clean
  • Cross-checked in antd (tarball install of this branch on the feat(Pagination): add recommendPage to onChange when pageSize changes ant-design/ant-design#58604 checkout): the a11y suites failing with v1.6.0 — pagination, list, table, transfer — all pass with this patch. Remaining failures there are only outdated antd snapshots, to be refreshed once this ships.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • 无障碍改进
    • 分页控件不再为列表项设置按钮角色,同时保留键盘访问、可访问标签和当前页标识。

role="button" on <li> inside <ul> violates axe aria-allowed-role and
list rules, which breaks downstream a11y test suites (e.g. antd CI on
every component rendering Pagination). Remove the invalid role while
keeping all a11y improvements from #690: aria-label, aria-current,
aria-disabled and keyboard activation.
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Changes

分页器的导航列表项不再设置显式 role="button"。键盘处理和现有无障碍属性保持不变,相关测试已更新。

分页导航无障碍语义

Layer / File(s) Summary
调整导航项角色并更新测试
src/Pager.tsx, src/Pagination.tsx, tests/index.test.tsx
移除分页导航列表项上的显式 role="button"。测试检查角色、标签、tabindex 和当前页标记。

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b5fc8

Pagination remains keyboard-operable, but screen-reader users may not recognize the default page and navigation items as controls. This is a localized accessibility regression; merge with owner awareness or address it before release.

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Title check Passed 标题准确概括了主要变更,即从列表项中移除 role="button"。
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React Doctor found 5 new issues in 2 files · 5 warnings · score 80 / 100 (Needs work) · 5 fixed · vs master

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src/Pager.tsx

  • ⚠️ L65 Handler on non-interactive element no-noninteractive-element-interactions

src/Pagination.tsx

  • ⚠️ L476 Handler on non-interactive element no-noninteractive-element-interactions
  • ⚠️ L492 Handler on non-interactive element no-noninteractive-element-interactions
  • ⚠️ L573 Handler on non-interactive element no-noninteractive-element-interactions
  • ⚠️ L602 Handler on non-interactive element no-noninteractive-element-interactions

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🟡 Changes recommended

Actionable list items now lack programmatically exposed control semantics for assistive technologies.

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What changed in this PR

Removes invalid role="button" attributes from pagination list items to restore valid list semantics.

Changes:

  • Removes button roles from page, navigation, and jump items.
  • Updates accessibility assertions and snapshots.
File Description
src/​Pagination.tsx Removes roles from navigation and jump items.
src/​Pager.tsx Removes roles from page items.
tests/​index.test.tsx Updates accessibility assertions.
tests/​__snapshots__/​simple.test.tsx.snap Updates simple-mode markup snapshots.
tests/​__snapshots__/​demo.test.tsx.snap Updates demo markup snapshots.

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Comment thread src/Pager.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const Pager: React.FC<PagerProps> = (props) => {
onClick={handleClick}
onKeyDown={handleKeyPress}
tabIndex={0}

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Valid concern — this is exactly the tradeoff #690 tried to solve when it added the role. However, role="button" on an <li> inside <ul> is not allowed by ARIA in HTML, so the v1.5/1.6 markup cannot ship in any axe-gated downstream: antd's CI fails 5 test jobs over aria-allowed-role + list on every component rendering Pagination (ant-design/ant-design#58604).

Moving focus/handlers onto a real <button> inside the <li> cannot be done unconditionally, because itemRender returns arbitrary nodes (links, icons, null) that cannot be nested inside a <button>. The dual-path approach — native <button> only when the default render is used, li-as-control otherwise (also suggested by CodeRabbit below) — is a sound future direction, but it changes the DOM/CSS contract for the default case (downstream styles target the li directly) and doubles the behavior matrix, so I'd keep it out of this compliance-fix patch.

This PR restores the pre-1.5.0 state (a bare focusable <li>, which shipped for years) while keeping every #690 improvement — aria-label, aria-current="page", aria-disabled, Enter/Space activation — so assistive-tech users get strictly more information than v1.4.x, without the spec violation.

Happy to follow up with the dual-path in a separate PR if that's the preferred direction.

Comment thread src/Pagination.tsx
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ const Pagination: React.FC<PaginationProps> = (props) => {
[`${prefixCls}-jump-prev-custom-icon`]:
isReactRenderable(jumpPrevIcon),
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Same reasoning as my reply on the Pager.tsx thread — the itemRender API contract prevents moving focus/handlers onto an inner control in this patch; the dual-path native-button direction is proposed there as the follow-up.

Comment thread src/Pagination.tsx
@@ -581,7 +579,6 @@ const Pagination: React.FC<PaginationProps> = (props) => {
})}
style={styles?.item}
aria-disabled={prevDisabled}

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Same reasoning as my reply on the Pager.tsx thread — the itemRender API contract prevents moving focus/handlers onto an inner control in this patch; the dual-path native-button direction is proposed there as the follow-up.

Comment thread src/Pagination.tsx
@@ -611,7 +608,6 @@ const Pagination: React.FC<PaginationProps> = (props) => {
})}
style={styles?.item}
aria-disabled={nextDisabled}

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Same reasoning as my reply on the Pager.tsx thread — the itemRender API contract prevents moving focus/handlers onto an inner control in this patch; the dual-path native-button direction is proposed there as the follow-up.

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🟡 Minor · 为默认页码项提供原生操作语义。 · Pager.tsx:64-76

src/Pager.tsx:64-76
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

为默认页码项提供原生操作语义。

默认 Pager 将页码放在带有 tabIndex={0}、onClick 和 Enter/Space 键盘处理器的 <li> 中。移除 role="button" 后,该焦点目标仍可执行分页,但辅助技术只能将其识别为 listitem,不能识别为分页操作控件。

请让 Pager 区分默认 itemRender 和自定义 itemRender。默认路径应渲染带有 type="button"、aria-label 和 aria-current 的原生按钮,并移除外层 <li> 的焦点和键盘处理。自定义路径应保留现有内容和行为。不要无条件在 <li> 中包裹按钮,因为 itemRender 允许返回链接、空节点或其他自定义节点。

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Review comment at @src/Pager.tsx around lines 64 - 76:
更新 Pager 中依据 itemRender 区分默认与自定义渲染的逻辑:默认页码项使用带 type="button"、aria-label 和
aria-current 的原生按钮,并移除外层 li 的焦点与键盘处理;自定义 itemRender
路径保留现有内容和行为,不要将自定义节点统一包裹在按钮中。
🟡 Minor · 将默认分页动作呈现为原生控件。 · Pagination.tsx:474-505

src/Pagination.tsx:474-505
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

将默认分页动作呈现为原生控件。

在 src/Pagination.tsx 中,默认 jump、previous 和 next 内容由 getItemIcon 生成的 button 实际上设置了 tabIndex={-1} 和 aria-hidden="true"。可操作行为仍由外层 <li> 提供。移除 role="button" 后,外层元素只暴露为 listitem,因此辅助技术可能只识别到带标签的列表项,而不会识别到可操作的分页控件。

请保留 <li> 的列表项语义,并在默认渲染路径中将 getItemIcon 返回的原生控件作为真正的操作控件。将点击、标签、焦点和禁用状态传给该控件,并移除外层 <li> 的 onClick、tabIndex 和 onKeyDown。对于 itemRender 已返回的原生控件,不要再嵌套另一个控件。此修正独立于 Pager 的页码项,因为两者由不同的渲染实现负责。

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Review comment at @src/Pagination.tsx around lines 474 - 505:
在 Pagination 的默认跳转项渲染中,保留 jumpPrev 和 jumpNext 外层 li 的列表项语义,并将 getItemIcon
生成的原生控件作为实际操作控件,向其传递点击、标签、焦点和禁用状态;移除外层 li 的点击、焦点及键盘处理,且 itemRender
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Review comments at @src/Pager.tsx:
- Around line 64-76: 更新 Pager 中依据 itemRender 区分默认与自定义渲染的逻辑:默认页码项使用带
type="button"、aria-label 和 aria-current 的原生按钮,并移除外层 li 的焦点与键盘处理;自定义 itemRender
路径保留现有内容和行为,不要将自定义节点统一包裹在按钮中。

Review comments at @src/Pagination.tsx:
- Around line 474-505: 在 Pagination 的默认跳转项渲染中,保留 jumpPrev 和 jumpNext 外层 li
的列表项语义,并将 getItemIcon 生成的原生控件作为实际操作控件,向其传递点击、标签、焦点和禁用状态;移除外层 li 的点击、焦点及键盘处理,且
itemRender 已返回原生控件时不要再嵌套控件。

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Move to #728

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