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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/forms/fields.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/5.1.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |