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-rw-r--r--django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html2
-rw-r--r--django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html5
-rw-r--r--docs/ref/forms/fields.txt11
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/5.1.txt4
-rw-r--r--tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py77
5 files changed, 91 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html b/django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html
index 21035b72e4..642d45ddc7 100644
--- a/django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html
+++ b/django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
{% if field.use_fieldset %}
- <fieldset>
+ <fieldset{% if field.help_text and field.auto_id and "aria-describedby" not in field.field.widget.attrs %} aria-describedby="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>
{% if field.label %}{{ field.legend_tag() }}{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag() }}{% endif %}
diff --git a/django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html b/django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html
index f8b0cdedd5..a4548fe54f 100644
--- a/django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html
+++ b/django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
{% if field.use_fieldset %}
- <fieldset>
+ <fieldset{% if field.help_text and field.auto_id and "aria-describedby" not in field.field.widget.attrs %} aria-describedby="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>
{% if field.label %}{{ field.legend_tag }}{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag }}{% endif %}
{% endif %}
{% if field.help_text %}<div class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</div>{% endif %}
{{ field.errors }}
-{{ field }}
-{% if field.use_fieldset %}</fieldset>{% endif %}
+{{ field }}{% if field.use_fieldset %}</fieldset>{% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
index 9dff2d4007..ed685cfff6 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/fields.txt
@@ -283,9 +283,10 @@ fields. We've specified ``auto_id=False`` to simplify the output:
<div>Sender:<div class="helptext">A valid email address, please.</div><input type="email" name="sender" required></div>
<div>Cc myself:<input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself"></div>
-When a field has help text and the widget is not rendered in a ``<fieldset>``,
-``aria-describedby`` is added to the ``<input>`` to associate it to the
-help text:
+When a field has help text it is associated with its input using the
+``aria-describedby`` HTML attribute. If the widget is rendered in a
+``<fieldset>`` then ``aria-describedby`` is added to this element, otherwise it
+is added to the widget's ``<input>``:
.. code-block:: pycon
@@ -325,6 +326,10 @@ inside ``aria-describedby``:
``aria-describedby`` was added to associate ``help_text`` with its input.
+.. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ ``aria-describedby`` support was added for ``<fieldset>``.
+
``error_messages``
------------------
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.1.txt b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
index d6c07d9c22..b90808be3c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ File Uploads
Forms
~~~~~
-* ...
+* In order to improve accessibility and enable screen readers to associate
+ fieldsets with their help text, the form fieldset now includes the
+ ``aria-describedby`` HTML attribute.
Generic Views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
index 7ea88f0cc8..19ca978c45 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -3114,6 +3114,83 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
'required aria-describedby="id_username_helptext"></div>',
)
+ def test_fieldset_aria_describedby(self):
+ class FieldsetForm(Form):
+ checkbox = MultipleChoiceField(
+ choices=[("a", "A"), ("b", "B")],
+ widget=CheckboxSelectMultiple,
+ help_text="Checkbox help text",
+ )
+ radio = MultipleChoiceField(
+ choices=[("a", "A"), ("b", "B")],
+ widget=RadioSelect,
+ help_text="Radio help text",
+ )
+ datetime = SplitDateTimeField(help_text="Enter Date and Time")
+
+ f = FieldsetForm()
+ self.assertHTMLEqual(
+ str(f),
+ '<div><fieldset aria-describedby="id_checkbox_helptext">'
+ "<legend>Checkbox:</legend>"
+ '<div class="helptext" id="id_checkbox_helptext">Checkbox help text</div>'
+ '<div id="id_checkbox"><div>'
+ '<label for="id_checkbox_0"><input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" '
+ 'value="a" id="id_checkbox_0" /> A</label>'
+ "</div><div>"
+ '<label for="id_checkbox_1"><input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" '
+ 'value="b" id="id_checkbox_1" /> B</label>'
+ "</div></div></fieldset></div>"
+ '<div><fieldset aria-describedby="id_radio_helptext">'
+ "<legend>Radio:</legend>"
+ '<div class="helptext" id="id_radio_helptext">Radio help text</div>'
+ '<div id="id_radio"><div>'
+ '<label for="id_radio_0"><input type="radio" name="radio" value="a" '
+ 'required id="id_radio_0" />A</label>'
+ "</div><div>"
+ '<label for="id_radio_1"><input type="radio" name="radio" value="b" '
+ 'required id="id_radio_1" /> B</label>'
+ "</div></div></fieldset></div>"
+ '<div><fieldset aria-describedby="id_datetime_helptext">'
+ "<legend>Datetime:</legend>"
+ '<div class="helptext" id="id_datetime_helptext">Enter Date and Time</div>'
+ '<input type="text" name="datetime_0" required id="id_datetime_0" />'
+ '<input type="text" name="datetime_1" required id="id_datetime_1" />'
+ "</fieldset></div>",
+ )
+ f = FieldsetForm(auto_id=False)
+ # aria-describedby is not included.
+ self.assertIn("<fieldset>", str(f))
+ self.assertIn('<div class="helptext">', str(f))
+ f = FieldsetForm(auto_id="custom_%s")
+ # aria-describedby uses custom auto_id.
+ self.assertIn('fieldset aria-describedby="custom_checkbox_helptext"', str(f))
+ self.assertIn('<div class="helptext" id="custom_checkbox_helptext">', str(f))
+
+ def test_fieldset_custom_aria_describedby(self):
+ # aria-describedby set on widget results in aria-describedby being
+ # added to widget and not the <fieldset>.
+ class FieldsetForm(Form):
+ checkbox = MultipleChoiceField(
+ choices=[("a", "A"), ("b", "B")],
+ widget=CheckboxSelectMultiple(attrs={"aria-describedby": "custom-id"}),
+ help_text="Checkbox help text",
+ )
+
+ f = FieldsetForm()
+ self.assertHTMLEqual(
+ str(f),
+ "<div><fieldset><legend>Checkbox:</legend>"
+ '<div class="helptext" id="id_checkbox_helptext">Checkbox help text</div>'
+ '<div id="id_checkbox"><div>'
+ '<label for="id_checkbox_0"><input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" '
+ 'value="a" aria-describedby="custom-id" id="id_checkbox_0" />A</label>'
+ "</div><div>"
+ '<label for="id_checkbox_1"><input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" '
+ 'value="b" aria-describedby="custom-id" id="id_checkbox_1" />B</label>'
+ "</div></div></fieldset></div>",
+ )
+
def test_as_widget_custom_aria_describedby(self):
class FoodForm(Form):
intl_name = CharField(help_text="The food's international name.")