[4.0.x] Fixed #33419 -- Restored marking forms.Field.help_text as HTML safe.

Regression in 456466d932830b096d39806e291fe23ec5ed38d5.

Thanks Matt Westcott for the report.

Backport of 4c60c3edff4312303e1021fca47ed52c2152d285 from main

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
index c478a71699..aa283d53c7 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -2252,6 +2252,41 @@ Password: <input type="password" name="password" required>
 <input type="hidden" name="next" value="/"></li>"""
         )
 
+    def test_help_text_html_safe(self):
+        """help_text should not be escaped."""
+        class UserRegistration(Form):
+            username = CharField(max_length=10, help_text='e.g., user@example.com')
+            password = CharField(
+                widget=PasswordInput,
+                help_text='Help text is <strong>escaped</strong>.',
+            )
+
+        p = UserRegistration(auto_id=False)
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            p.as_ul(),
+            '<li>Username: <input type="text" name="username" maxlength="10" required>'
+            '<span class="helptext">e.g., user@example.com</span></li>'
+            '<li>Password: <input type="password" name="password" required>'
+            '<span class="helptext">Help text is <strong>escaped</strong>.</span></li>'
+        )
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            p.as_p(),
+            '<p>Username: <input type="text" name="username" maxlength="10" required>'
+            '<span class="helptext">e.g., user@example.com</span></p>'
+            '<p>Password: <input type="password" name="password" required>'
+            '<span class="helptext">Help text is <strong>escaped</strong>.</span></p>'
+        )
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            p.as_table(),
+            '<tr><th>Username:</th><td>'
+            '<input type="text" name="username" maxlength="10" required><br>'
+            '<span class="helptext">e.g., user@example.com</span></td></tr>'
+            '<tr><th>Password:</th><td>'
+            '<input type="password" name="password" required><br>'
+            '<span class="helptext">Help text is <strong>escaped</strong>.</span>'
+            '</td></tr>'
+        )
+
     def test_subclassing_forms(self):
         # You can subclass a Form to add fields. The resulting form subclass will have
         # all of the fields of the parent Form, plus whichever fields you define in the