a0b1ff8293644fb7d8cf5fa860312c29f31c2c67
Merge parents 5709a7858d5 651f959d755
lrnassar
  Tue Mar 17 08:52:21 2026 -0700
Merge branch 'lrnassar-accessibility-form-labels'

diff --cc src/hg/hgGateway/hgGateway.html
index 5231cb6a3bf,335dc42a355..f9c3ebe12fd
--- src/hg/hgGateway/hgGateway.html
+++ src/hg/hgGateway/hgGateway.html
@@@ -43,37 -43,37 +43,37 @@@
                <div class="jwIconSpriteLabel">Worm</div>
              </div>
              <div class="jwIconWrapper">
                <div class="jwIconSprite jwIconSpriteYeast"></div>
                <div class="jwIconSpriteLabel">Yeast</div>
              </div>
              <br>Search through thousands of genome assemblies
              <span id="speciesSearchInfo">
                <svg style="height:1.1em; vertical-align:top" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                  <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10" stroke="#1C274C" stroke-width="1.5"/>
                  <path d="M12 17V11" stroke="#1C274C" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
                  <circle cx="1" cy="1" r="1" transform="matrix(1 0 0 -1 11 9)" fill="#1C274C"/>
                </svg>
              </span>
              <div>
-               <input id="speciesSearch" value="" size=42>
+               <input id="speciesSearch" value="" size=42 aria-label="Search species, common name or assembly ID">
              </div>
              <a href="/assemblySearch.html" id="assemblySearchLink" style="text-decoration: none;">
                  <div style="padding: 0px; display: flex; align-items: center; margin-top: 12px;">
                      <p style="margin: 0; padding-right: 0px; color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"
                         title="Not finding your assembly on the Gateway page? Visit the Genome assembly search and request page to request it. Ensure you have a GCA_ or GCF_ identifier from NCBI.">Unable to find a genome? Send us a request.</p>
 -                    <img src="/images/magnify.png"
 +                    <img alt="" src="/images/magnify.png"
                           style="height: 16px; width: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 5px;"
                           title="Not finding your assembly on the Gateway page? Visit the Genome assembly search and request page to request it. Ensure you have a GCA_ or GCF_ identifier from NCBI.">
                  </div>
              </a>
            </div>
  
            <!-- Recent Genomes Panel (replaces species tree) -->
            <div id="recentGenomesTitle" class="jwSubsectionTitle" style="display: none;">
              Recent Genomes
              <span id="recentGenomesInfo">
                <svg style="height:1.1em; vertical-align:top" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                  <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10" stroke="#1C274C" stroke-width="1.5"/>
                  <path d="M12 17V11" stroke="#1C274C" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round"/>
                  <circle cx="1" cy="1" r="1" transform="matrix(1 0 0 -1 11 9)" fill="#1C274C"/>
                </svg>