Removed signals
What to look for on the - side of a hunk and which skill owns the judgement. A row here is a lead, never a finding. Route the removal to its owner and report it only once that skill confirms the interface got worse.
Removed from the - side |
Owner | What to check |
|---|---|---|
aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-describedby, aria-live, role= |
better-accessibility |
The control or region lost its accessible name, description, or announcement |
alt=, <label, for=, scope= |
better-accessibility |
Image, field, or table cell lost its programmatic association |
<button>, <a>, <nav>, <main>, <ul> replaced by div or span |
better-accessibility |
Keyboard and assistive-technology behavior was traded for styling |
:focus-visible, :focus, outline, tabindex |
better-accessibility |
Keyboard users lost the focus indicator or the element left the tab order |
prefers-reduced-motion, prefers-contrast |
better-accessibility |
Motion or contrast now ignores the user's system preference |
Logical properties swapped for left / right |
better-layout |
Direction-aware layout was dropped |
lang=, dir= |
better-typography |
Language metadata or text direction was dropped |
text-wrap, line-clamp, overflow-wrap, tabular-nums, font-feature-settings |
better-typography |
Text rendering, wrapping, or numeral alignment silently changed |
| A color token swapped for a literal, or a token swapped for a lighter one | better-colors |
The rendered contrast pair may now fail; measure it |
| A user-facing string deleted or shortened | better-writing |
A label, error, or empty state lost the information it carried |
Equivalent replacements
These clear the signal. Check for them before routing anything, or the report fills with refactors reported as regressions:
aria-labelgiving way toaria-labelledbypointing at visible text.- An explicit
roledropped because the element became the native equivalent,role="button"going as adivbecomes a<button>. outlinereplaced by abox-shadowfocus ring that still meets the focus-indicator rule.tabindex="0"dropped from an element that is now natively focusable.- A color literal replaced by a token that measures the same rendered pair.
- A physical property replaced by its logical counterpart, which is the fix rather than the regression.
- A string moved into the translation catalogue rather than deleted.
Searching the removed side
Restrict the search to deleted lines so additions do not mask a removal:
git diff -U0 "$BASE"...HEAD -- '*.tsx' '*.css' | grep -E '^-[^-]' | grep -E 'aria-|role=|alt=|focus|tabindex|prefers-'Read the surrounding hunk before deciding. A removed attribute is meaningless without the element it came from, and -U0 deliberately hides that context.