[BUG] [alpha] Sub-Agents dialog (empty state): Dialog header bar has no role or aria-label

[codvy8282]

Project

ide

Description

The header bar containing the title "Sub-Agents", the active count badge, and the Refresh/Close buttons is a logical region but has no role or aria-label to identify it as the dialog header.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Sub-Agents dialog in empty state.
2. Inspect the top header div (class "dialog-header") that wraps the title, badge, and action buttons.

Expected Behavior

The header has a role (e.g. no extra role if the dialog is already labelled) or an aria-label for the region for consistency and navigation.

Actual Behavior

The header is a plain div with no role or aria-label.

Screenshots

Screencast.from.2026-03-16.00-42-28.webm

System Information

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900HX (8 cores)
RAM: 16 GB

[echobt]

✅ Validated

VALID bug report. The SubagentsDialog component exists at src/components/ai/SubagentsDialog.tsx and is accessible to users (imported in Session.tsx and AgentPanel.tsx).

CODE VERIFICATION: At line 335, the dialog header is rendered as:

<div class="dialog-header">

This div has NO role attribute and NO aria-label attribute, confirming the reported bug. The header contains the title "Sub-Agents", the active count badge, and action buttons (Refresh/Close), making it a logical region that should have accessibility attributes for screen reader navigation.

NOT A DUPLICATE: While issues #26979 and #27602 report missing dialog semantics on the OUTER modal container (role="dialog", aria-modal), this issue reports missing accessibility attributes on the INTERNAL header bar element (class="dialog-header"). These are separate elements requiring independent fixes.

The video screenshot authentically shows the Cortex IDE interface with the Sub-Agents dialog, and the user demonstrates the bug by inspecting the header element in DevTools.

[allornothingai]

I have fixed this issue as part of a batch ARIA and CSS fix PR in the Cortex IDE repository.

PR: CortexLM/cortex-ide#56

RTC Wallet: allornothingai

[allornothingai]

Just checking in on this bounty submission. Is there any further review required? If accepted, my payout wallet is:

0x0c67cbE9e30c66267975eE2D74Eb88036CA65e9F