fix: accessibility improvements in Post Editor - #1237
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Description
The Post Editor had a few real accessibility gaps: embedded images shipped with no alt text, the template sidebar's heading text didn't match its expected accessible name, and the publish action gave screen-reader users no feedback while submitting.
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MediaEmbedder) and thread it throughuseContentEditor'saddImageso embedded images ship with proper alt text (WCAG 1.1.1)aria-busyand a politearia-livestatus region toMaterialEditorWrapper's publish button so screen-reader users are notified while a submit is in progressTesting
src/components/editor/__tests__/accessibility.test.tsxto cover the new alt-text field (including that it only shows for image embeds) and the publish status announcementCloses #364