The element div#sidebar requires the attribute role="button"

[KyleThomas]

BPO	30278

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title = 'The element div#sidebar on documentation requires the attribute role="button".'
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[KyleThomas]

Elements other than buttons which act as buttons require metadata to be accessible. Refer to
https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/button/button.html

[slateny]

If I'm understanding the original post right, this doc has a bit more info on why this might be helpful.

[StanFromIreland]

The element is now called #sidebarbutton , however this is an issue for python-docs-theme.

[hugovk]

Please see sphinx-doc/sphinx#14326 to fix this upstream in Sphinx.