Fix pagelayout stories axe violations

.changeset/wild-snakes-fetch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/react": minor
+---
+
+Adds `tabIndex` and `role="region"` to `PageLayout.Pane` when overflow is detected (scrollHeight > clientHeight). Also requires either `aria-labelledby` or `aria-label` when overflow is detected, and throws an error if neither is defined.

generated/components.json

@@ -2940,6 +2940,16 @@
         {
           "name": "PageLayout.Pane",
           "props": [
+            {
+              "name": "aria-label",
+              "type": "string | undefined",
+              "description": "Label for the pane. Required if the pane overflows and doesn't have aria-labelledby."
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "aria-labelledby",
+              "type": "string | undefined",
+              "description": "Id of an element that acts as a label for the pane. Required if the pane overflows and doesn't have aria-label."
+            },
             {
               "name": "position",
               "type": "| 'start' | 'end' | { narrow?: | 'start' | 'end' regular?: | 'start' | 'end' wide?: | 'start' | 'end' }",

src/PageLayout/PageLayout.docs.json

@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
     {
       "name": "PageLayout.Pane",
       "props": [
+        {
+          "name": "aria-label",
+          "type": "string | undefined",
+          "description": "Label for the pane. Required if the pane overflows and doesn't have aria-labelledby."
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "aria-labelledby",
+          "type": "string | undefined",
+          "description": "Id of an element that acts as a label for the pane. Required if the pane overflows and doesn't have aria-label."
+        },
         {
           "name": "position",
           "type": "| 'start' | 'end' | { narrow?: | 'start' | 'end' regular?: | 'start' | 'end' wide?: | 'start' | 'end' }",
@@ -248,4 +258,4 @@
       ]
     }
   ]
-}
+}

src/PageLayout/PageLayout.stories.tsx

@@ -515,7 +515,14 @@ export const StickyPane: Story = args => (
         })}
       </Box>
     </PageLayout.Content>
-    <PageLayout.Pane position="start" resizable padding="normal" divider="line" sticky={args.sticky}>
+    <PageLayout.Pane
+      position="start"
+      resizable
+      padding="normal"
+      divider="line"
+      sticky={args.sticky}
+      aria-label="Side pane"
+    >
       <Box sx={{display: 'grid', gap: 3}}>
         {Array.from({length: args.numParagraphsInPane}).map((_, i) => {
           const testId = `paragraph${i}`
@@ -578,7 +585,7 @@ export const NestedScrollContainer: Story = args => (
             ))}
           </Box>
         </PageLayout.Content>
-        <PageLayout.Pane position="start" padding="normal" divider="line" sticky>
+        <PageLayout.Pane position="start" padding="normal" divider="line" sticky aria-label="Side pane">
           <Box sx={{display: 'grid', gap: 3}}>
             {Array.from({length: args.numParagraphsInPane}).map((_, i) => (
               <Box key={i} as="p" sx={{margin: 0}}>
@@ -654,7 +661,14 @@ export const CustomStickyHeader: Story = args => (
           })}
         </Box>
       </PageLayout.Content>
-      <PageLayout.Pane position="start" padding="normal" divider="line" sticky offsetHeader={args.offsetHeader}>
+      <PageLayout.Pane
+        position="start"
+        padding="normal"
+        divider="line"
+        aria-label="Aside pane"
+        sticky
+        offsetHeader={args.offsetHeader}
+      >
         <Box sx={{display: 'grid', gap: 3}}>
           {Array.from({length: args.numParagraphsInPane}).map((_, i) => {
             const testId = `paragraph${i}`
@@ -722,7 +736,7 @@ export const ScrollContainerWithinPageLayoutPane: Story = () => (
     <Box sx={{overflow: 'auto'}}>
       <Placeholder label="Above inner scroll container" height={120} />
       <PageLayout rowGap="none" columnGap="none" padding="none" containerWidth="full">
-        <PageLayout.Pane position="start" padding="normal" divider="line" sticky>
+        <PageLayout.Pane position="start" padding="normal" divider="line" sticky aria-label="Sticky pane">
           <Box sx={{overflow: 'auto'}}>
             <PageLayout.Pane padding="normal">
               <Placeholder label="Inner scroll container" height={800} />

src/PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {useSlots} from '../hooks/useSlots'
 import {BetterSystemStyleObject, merge, SxProp} from '../sx'
 import {Theme} from '../ThemeProvider'
 import {canUseDOM} from '../utils/environment'
+import {invariant} from '../utils/invariant'
+import {useOverflow} from '../utils/useOverflow'
 import VisuallyHidden from '../_VisuallyHidden'
 import {useStickyPaneHeight} from './useStickyPaneHeight'
 
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ const Content: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<PageLayoutContentProps>> = ({
 }) => {
   const isHidden = useResponsiveValue(hidden, false)
   const {contentTopRef, contentBottomRef} = React.useContext(PageLayoutContext)
+
   return (
     <Box
       as="main"
@@ -479,6 +482,8 @@ export type PageLayoutPaneProps = {
    * position={{regular: 'start', narrow: 'end'}}
    * ```
    */
+  'aria-labelledby'?: string
+  'aria-label'?: string
   positionWhenNarrow?: 'inherit' | keyof typeof panePositions
   width?: keyof typeof paneWidths
   resizable?: boolean
@@ -522,6 +527,8 @@ const defaultPaneWidth = {small: 256, medium: 296, large: 320}
 const Pane = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, React.PropsWithChildren<PageLayoutPaneProps>>(
   (
     {
+      'aria-label': label,
+      'aria-labelledby': labelledBy,
       position: responsivePosition = 'end',
       positionWhenNarrow = 'inherit',
       width = 'medium',
@@ -599,6 +606,7 @@ const Pane = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, React.PropsWithChildren<PageLayout
     const MIN_PANE_WIDTH = 256 // 256px, related to `--pane-min-width CSS var.
     const [minPercent, setMinPercent] = React.useState(0)
     const [maxPercent, setMaxPercent] = React.useState(0)
+    const hasOverflow = useOverflow(paneRef)
 
     const measuredRef = React.useCallback(() => {
       if (paneRef.current !== null) {
@@ -644,6 +652,16 @@ const Pane = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, React.PropsWithChildren<PageLayout
 
     const paneId = useId(id)
 
+    let labelProp = undefined
+    if (hasOverflow) {
+      invariant(label !== undefined || labelledBy !== undefined)
+      if (labelledBy) {
+        labelProp = {'aria-labelledby': labelledBy}
+      } else {
+        labelProp = {'aria-label': label}
+      }
+    }
+
     return (
       <Box
         ref={measuredRef}
@@ -731,6 +749,8 @@ const Pane = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, React.PropsWithChildren<PageLayout
               '--pane-max-width-diff': '959px',
             },
           })}
+          {...(hasOverflow && {tabIndex: 0, role: 'region'})}
+          {...labelProp}
           {...(id && {id: paneId})}
         >
           {resizable && (

src/utils/useOverflow.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {useEffect, useState} from 'react'
+
+export function useOverflow<T extends HTMLElement>(ref: React.RefObject<T>) {
+  const [hasOverflow, setHasOverflow] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (ref.current === null) return
+
+    const observer = new ResizeObserver(entries => {
+      for (const entry of entries) {
+        setHasOverflow(
+          entry.target.scrollHeight > entry.target.clientHeight || entry.target.scrollWidth > entry.target.clientWidth,
+        )
+      }
+    })
+
+    observer.observe(ref.current)
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect()
+    }
+  }, [ref])
+
+  return hasOverflow
+}