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[Accessibility]: Disabled elements with `Tooltip` introduce `tabIndex` without a `role`

Created by: courier-new

Audit type

ARC Toolkit

User journey audit issue

No response

Problem description

When a disabled element is wrapped in a <Tooltip />, the trigger introduces an element to the tab order that lacks a role, causing an error to be reported by ARC. For example, with a disabled button:

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Expected behavior

ARC Toolkit keyboard checks pass.

Additional details

I am unsure if introducing a role is the proper fix here and will leave for FPT to triage.

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Owner

I'm unsure who should work on this issue or if it needs more clarification. I will let the Frontend Platform team triage this.