From 055e28c915eba1fd1611cfeac3fd80a1cafca283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: razinshafayet <sumonislamk29@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:36:45 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: ignore popover elements in
 a11y_consider_explicit_label check

---
 .../2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js     |  6 ++++++
 .../samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte     | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 .../samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json    |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte
 create mode 100644 packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json

diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
index 717ee4bf50d9..301a5b19eb81 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y/index.js
@@ -824,6 +824,12 @@ function has_content(element) {
 		}
 
 		if (node.type === 'RegularElement' || node.type === 'SvelteElement') {
+			// FIX START: Ignore elements with the popover attribute
+			if (node.attributes.some((a) => a.type === 'Attribute' && a.name === 'popover')) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			// FIX END
+
 			if (
 				node.name === 'img' &&
 				node.attributes.some((node) => node.type === 'Attribute' && node.name === 'alt')
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98548e737d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<button interestfor="verified-hint">
+    <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M23,12L20.56,9.22L20.9,5.54L17.29,4.72L15.4,1.54L12,3L8.6,1.54L6.71,4.72L3.1,5.53L3.44,9.21L1,12L3.44,14.78L3.1,18.47L6.71,19.29L8.6,22.47L12,21L15.4,22.46L17.29,19.28L20.9,18.46L20.56,14.78L23,12M10,17L6,13L7.41,11.59L10,14.17L16.59,7.58L18,9L10,17Z" /></svg>
+      <div id="verified-hint" popover="hint">
+          Verified
+      </div>
+  </button>
+  
+  <style>
+      button {
+          margin: 1rem;
+      }
+  
+      [popover] {
+          position-area: block-start center;
+          margin: 0;
+      }
+  </style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b760163647db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-popover-label/warnings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[
+	{
+		"code": "a11y_consider_explicit_label",
+		"message": "Buttons and links should either contain text or have an `aria-label`, `aria-labelledby` or `title` attribute",
+		"start": { "line": 1, "column": 0 },
+		"end": { "line": 6, "column": 11 }
+	}
+]

From df72d30b2c758a91aa73cb0889e13f6aa1740516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: razinshafayet <sumonislamk29@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:41:45 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset

---
 .changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md

diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md b/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dde4469c6da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-phones-laugh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+Fix false negative for a11y_consider_explicit_label with popover elements