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🎨 Palette: Add accessible focus state and ARIA label to remove image button#56

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💡 What:
Added critical accessibility improvements to the "Remove Image" icon-only button in the ImageUploader component.

🎯 Why:
Icon-only buttons are completely inaccessible to screen reader users without proper labels. Additionally, absolute-positioned buttons over images often have their default browser focus rings clipped or rendered invisibly, making keyboard navigation difficult.

📸 Before/After:
Before: The button had no ARIA label, the internal <X /> icon could be redundantly announced, and keyboard focus state was unclear.
After: The button announces properly, and keyboard navigation triggers a clear red focus ring (focus-visible:ring-red-500) that stands out without clipping.

♿ Accessibility:

  • Added aria-label={t('removeImage')}
  • Added aria-hidden="true" to the inner SVG icon
  • Added explicit focus-visible Tailwind outline and offset classes.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 8096973273180570455 started by @MacTechIN

- Add `aria-label` to the "Remove Image" icon-only button using `t('removeImage')`.
- Add `aria-hidden="true"` to the internal Lucide React `<X />` icon to prevent redundant screen reader announcements.
- Add `focus-visible` outline styles with Tailwind to ensure clear keyboard navigation visibility without clipping in the overflow container.

Co-authored-by: MacTechIN <63564804+MacTechIN@users.noreply.github.com>
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This pull request improves the accessibility of the icon-only "Remove Image" button in the ImageUploader component by adding an explicit aria-label, hiding the internal icon from screen readers with aria-hidden="true", and applying clear :focus-visible styles. It also documents these accessibility learnings in .Jules/palette.md. The reviewer suggested adding an explicit type="button" attribute to the button to prevent accidental form submissions if the component is used inside a form.

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<button
onClick={onClear}
className="absolute top-2 right-2 p-1.5 sm:p-2 bg-red-500 text-white rounded-full hover:bg-red-600 active:scale-95 transition-all shadow-lg"
aria-label={t('removeImage')}

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The <button> element is missing an explicit type attribute. In HTML/React, the default type of a button is "submit". If this component is ever placed inside a <form>, clicking the "Remove Image" button will trigger a form submission instead of just clearing the image. Specifying type="button" prevents this behavior.

Suggested change
aria-label={t('removeImage')}
type="button"
aria-label={t('removeImage')}

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