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Maria Hutt 5a7314553a fix(input, textarea): ensure screen readers announce helper and error text when focused (#29958)
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## What is the current behavior?
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Screen readers do not announce helper and error text when user is
focused on the input or textarea. This does not align with the
accessibility guidelines.

## What is the new behavior?
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- The appropriate `aria` tags are added to the native input and textarea
in order to associate them to the helper and error texts.
- `aria-describedBy` will only be added to the native element based on
helper or error text. If helper text exists then the helper text ID will
be used. If the error text exists and the component has the `ion-touched
ion-invalid` classes, then the error text ID will be used.
- `aria-invalid` will only be added if the error text exists and the
component has the `ion-touched ion-invalid` classes.
- Added tests.

## Does this introduce a breaking change?

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

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How to test:
1. Navigate to the [input
page](https://ionic-framework-lio43tje7-ionic1.vercel.app/src/components/input/test/bottom-content)
on the `main` branch
2. Turn on the screen reader of your choice
3. Notice that the screen reader does not announce the helper or error
text when the input is focused
4. Navigate to the [input
page](https://ionic-framework-git-rou-11274-ionic1.vercel.app/src/components/input/test/bottom-content)
on the `ROU-11274` branch
5. Turn on the screen reader of your choice
6. Verify that the screen reader announces the helper or error text when
the input is focused on
7. Navigate to the [textarea
page](https://ionic-framework-lio43tje7-ionic1.vercel.app/src/components/textarea/test/bottom-content)
on the `main` branch
8. Repeat steps 2-3
9. Navigate to the [textarea
page](https://ionic-framework-git-rou-11274-ionic1.vercel.app/src/components/textarea/test/bottom-content)
on the `ROU-11274` branch
10. Repeat steps 5-6

Known Webkit issues:
This fix will not work on macOS
[16](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254081) and
[17](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262895) as VoiceOver will
not read any text using `aria-describedby`. Works fine on macOS 18.
2024-10-25 19:07:09 +00:00
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