Fixed #32819 -- Added aria-describedby to fields with errors.

django/forms/boundfield.py

@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ class BoundField(RenderableFieldMixin):
         if self.auto_id and not self.is_hidden:
             if self.help_text:
                 aria_describedby.append(f"{self.auto_id}_helptext")
+            if self.errors:
+                aria_describedby.append(f"{self.auto_id}_error")
         return " ".join(aria_describedby)
 
     @property

docs/ref/forms/api.txt

@@ -986,14 +986,16 @@ the ``Form``, then the latter ``field_order`` will have precedence.
 You may rearrange the fields any time using ``order_fields()`` with a list of
 field names as in :attr:`~django.forms.Form.field_order`.
 
+.. _form-error-display:
+
 How errors are displayed
 ------------------------
 
 If you render a bound ``Form`` object, the act of rendering will automatically
 run the form's validation if it hasn't already happened, and the HTML output
-will include the validation errors as a ``<ul class="errorlist">`` near the
-field. The particular positioning of the error messages depends on the output
-method you're using:
+will include the validation errors as a ``<ul class="errorlist">``.
+
+The following:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 
@@ -1003,23 +1005,44 @@ method you're using:
     ...     "sender": "invalid email address",
     ...     "cc_myself": True,
     ... }
-    >>> f = ContactForm(data, auto_id=False)
-    >>> print(f)
-    <div>Subject:
-      <ul class="errorlist"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-      <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" required aria-invalid="true">
+    >>> f = ContactForm(data)
+
+… gives HTML like:
+
+.. code-block:: html
+
+    <div>
+      <label for="id_subject">Subject:</label>
+      <ul class="errorlist" id="id_subject_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
+      <input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" required aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="id_subject_error" id="id_subject">
     </div>
-    <div>Message:
-      <textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="10" required>Hi there</textarea>
+    <div>
+      <label for="id_message">Message:</label>
+      <textarea name="message" cols="40" rows="10" required id="id_message">Hi there</textarea>
     </div>
-    <div>Sender:
-      <ul class="errorlist"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul>
-      <input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" required aria-invalid="true">
+    <div>
+      <label for="id_sender">Sender:</label>
+      <ul class="errorlist" id="id_sender_error"><li>Enter a valid email address.</li></ul>
+      <input type="email" name="sender" value="invalid email address" maxlength="320" required aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="id_sender_error" id="id_sender">
     </div>
-    <div>Cc myself:
-      <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" checked>
+    <div>
+        <label for="id_cc_myself">Cc myself:</label>
+        <input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself" id="id_cc_myself" checked>
     </div>
 
+Django's default form templates will associate validation errors with their
+input by using the ``aria-describedby`` HTML attribute when the field has an
+``auto_id`` and a custom ``aria-describedby`` is not provided. If a custom
+``aria-describedby`` is set when defining the widget this will override the
+default value.
+
+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>``.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 5.2
+
+    ``aria-describedby`` was added to associate errors with its input.
+
 .. _ref-forms-error-list-format:
 
 Customizing the error list format
@@ -1166,7 +1189,7 @@ Attributes of ``BoundField``
     .. versionadded:: 5.2
 
     Returns an ``aria-describedby`` reference to associate a field with its
-    help text. Returns ``None`` if ``aria-describedby`` is set in
+    help text and errors. Returns ``None`` if ``aria-describedby`` is set in
     :attr:`Widget.attrs` to preserve the user defined attribute when rendering
     the form.
 

docs/releases/5.2.txt

@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ Forms
 * An :attr:`~django.forms.BoundField.aria_describedby` property is added to
   ``BoundField`` to ease use of this HTML attribute in templates.
 
+* To improve accessibility for screen reader users ``aria-describedby`` is used
+  to associated form fields with their error messages. See
+  :ref:`how form errors are displayed <form-error-display>` for details.
+
 Generic Views
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py

@@ -183,27 +183,30 @@ class FormsTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
             '<div><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_first_name_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="first_name" aria-invalid="true" '
-            'required id="id_first_name"></div>'
+            'required id="id_first_name" aria-describedby="id_first_name_error"></div>'
             '<div><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_last_name_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="last_name" aria-invalid="true" '
-            'required id="id_last_name"></div><div>'
-            '<label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>'
+            'required id="id_last_name" aria-describedby="id_last_name_error"></div>'
+            '<div><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_birthday_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="birthday" aria-invalid="true" required '
-            'id="id_birthday"></div>',
+            'id="id_birthday" aria-describedby="id_birthday_error"></div>',
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
             p.as_table(),
             """<tr><th><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label></th><td>
 <ul class="errorlist" id="id_first_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_first_name_error">
 </td></tr><tr><th><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label></th>
 <td><ul class="errorlist" id="id_last_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_last_name_error">
 </td></tr><tr><th><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label></th>
 <td><ul class="errorlist" id="id_birthday_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_birthday_error">
 </td></tr>""",
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
@@ -211,13 +214,16 @@ class FormsTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
             """<li><ul class="errorlist" id="id_first_name_error">
 <li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <label for="id_first_name">First name:</label>
-<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_first_name_error">
 </li><li><ul class="errorlist" id="id_last_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li>
 </ul><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label>
-<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_last_name_error">
 </li><li><ul class="errorlist" id="id_birthday_error"><li>This field is required.</li>
 </ul><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>
-<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_birthday_error">
 </li>""",
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
@@ -225,13 +231,16 @@ class FormsTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
             """<ul class="errorlist" id="id_first_name_error"><li>
 This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label>
-<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_first_name_error">
 </p><ul class="errorlist" id="id_last_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label>
-<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_last_name_error">
 </p><ul class="errorlist" id="id_birthday_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
 <p><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>
-<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required>
+<input type="text" name="birthday" id="id_birthday" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_birthday_error">
 </p>""",
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
@@ -239,15 +248,15 @@ This field is required.</li></ul>
             '<div><label for="id_first_name">First name:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_first_name_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="first_name" aria-invalid="true" '
-            'required id="id_first_name"></div>'
+            'required id="id_first_name" aria-describedby="id_first_name_error"></div>'
             '<div><label for="id_last_name">Last name:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_last_name_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="last_name" aria-invalid="true" '
-            'required id="id_last_name"></div><div>'
-            '<label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>'
+            'required id="id_last_name" aria-describedby="id_last_name_error"></div>'
+            '<div><label for="id_birthday">Birthday:</label>'
             '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_birthday_error"><li>This field is required.'
             '</li></ul><input type="text" name="birthday" aria-invalid="true" required '
-            'id="id_birthday"></div>',
+            'id="id_birthday" aria-describedby="id_birthday_error"></div>',
         )
 
     def test_empty_querydict_args(self):
@@ -3126,6 +3135,52 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             'required aria-describedby="id_username_helptext"></div>',
         )
 
+    def test_select_aria_describedby(self):
+        class TestForm(Form):
+            colour = MultipleChoiceField(
+                choices=[("red", "Red"), ("green", "Green")],
+                help_text="Select Colour",
+            )
+
+        f = TestForm({"colour": "Blue"})
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            str(f),
+            '<div><label for="id_colour">Colour:</label><div class="helptext" '
+            'id="id_colour_helptext">Select Colour</div>'
+            '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_colour_error"><li>Enter a list of values.'
+            '</li></ul><select name="colour" required aria-invalid="true" '
+            'aria-describedby="id_colour_helptext id_colour_error" id="id_colour" '
+            'multiple><option value="red">Red</option>'
+            '<option value="green">Green</option></select></div>',
+        )
+
+    def test_textarea_aria_describedby(self):
+        class TestForm(Form):
+            colour = CharField(widget=Textarea, max_length=5, help_text="Enter Colour")
+
+        f = TestForm({"colour": "Purple"})
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            str(f),
+            '<div><label for="id_colour">Colour:</label>'
+            '<div class="helptext" id="id_colour_helptext">Enter Colour</div>'
+            '<ul class="errorlist" id="id_colour_error">'
+            "<li>Ensure this value has at most 5 characters (it has 6).</li></ul>"
+            '<textarea name="colour" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="5" required '
+            'aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="id_colour_helptext id_colour_error" '
+            'id="id_colour">Purple</textarea></div>',
+        )
+
+    def test_aria_describedby_called_multiple_times(self):
+        class TestForm(Form):
+            colour = CharField(widget=Textarea, help_text="Enter Colour")
+
+        f = TestForm({"colour": "Purple"})
+        self.assertEqual(f["colour"].aria_describedby, "id_colour_helptext")
+        f.add_error("colour", "An error about Purple.")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            f["colour"].aria_describedby, "id_colour_helptext id_colour_error"
+        )
+
     def test_fieldset_aria_describedby(self):
         class FieldsetForm(Form):
             checkbox = MultipleChoiceField(
@@ -3170,6 +3225,34 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             '<input type="text" name="datetime_1" required id="id_datetime_1" />'
             "</fieldset></div>",
         )
+        f = FieldsetForm({})
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            '<div><fieldset aria-describedby="id_checkbox_helptext '
+            'id_checkbox_error"> <legend>Checkbox:</legend> <div class="helptext" '
+            'id="id_checkbox_helptext">Checkbox help text</div> <ul class="errorlist" '
+            'id="id_checkbox_error"> <li>This field is required.</li> </ul> '
+            '<div id="id_checkbox"> <div> <label for="id_checkbox_0"><input '
+            'type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="a" aria-invalid="true" '
+            'id="id_checkbox_0" /> A</label> </div> <div> <label for="id_checkbox_1">'
+            '<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="b" aria-invalid="true" '
+            'id="id_checkbox_1" /> B</label> </div> </div> </fieldset> </div> <div> '
+            '<fieldset aria-describedby="id_radio_helptext id_radio_error"> '
+            '<legend>Radio:</legend> <div class="helptext" id="id_radio_helptext">'
+            'Radio help text</div> <ul class="errorlist" id="id_radio_error"><li>'
+            'This field is required.</li> </ul> <div id="id_radio"><div><label '
+            'for="id_radio_0"><input type="radio" name="radio" value="a" required '
+            'aria-invalid="true" id="id_radio_0" />A</label></div><div><label '
+            'for="id_radio_1"><input type="radio" name="radio" value="b" required '
+            'aria-invalid="true" id="id_radio_1" />B</label></div></div></fieldset>'
+            '</div><div><fieldset aria-describedby="id_datetime_helptext '
+            'id_datetime_error"><legend>Datetime:</legend><div class="helptext" '
+            'id="id_datetime_helptext">Enter Date and Time</div><ul class="errorlist" '
+            'id="id_datetime_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul><input '
+            'type="text" name="datetime_0" required aria-invalid="true" '
+            'id="id_datetime_0" /><input type="text" name="datetime_1" required '
+            'aria-invalid="true" id="id_datetime_1" /></fieldset></div>',
+            str(f),
+        )
         f = FieldsetForm(auto_id=False)
         # aria-describedby is not included.
         self.assertIn("<fieldset>", str(f))
@@ -3712,7 +3795,8 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             <li class="required error"><ul class="errorlist" id="id_name_error">
             <li>This field is required.</li></ul>
             <label class="required" for="id_name">Name:</label>
-            <input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+            <input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+             aria-describedby="id_name_error">
             </li><li class="required">
             <label class="required" for="id_is_cool">Is cool:</label>
             <select name="is_cool" id="id_is_cool">
@@ -3725,7 +3809,8 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             <li class="required error"><ul class="errorlist" id="id_age_error">
             <li>This field is required.</li></ul>
             <label class="required" for="id_age">Age:</label>
-            <input type="number" name="age" id="id_age" aria-invalid="true" required>
+            <input type="number" name="age" id="id_age" aria-invalid="true" required
+            aria-describedby="id_age_error">
             </li>""",
         )
 
@@ -3735,7 +3820,8 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             <ul class="errorlist" id="id_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li>
             </ul><p class="required error">
             <label class="required" for="id_name">Name:</label>
-            <input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required>
+            <input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+            aria-describedby="id_name_error">
             </p><p class="required">
             <label class="required" for="id_is_cool">Is cool:</label>
             <select name="is_cool" id="id_is_cool">
@@ -3748,7 +3834,7 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             <ul class="errorlist" id="id_age_error"><li>This field is required.</li>
             </ul><p class="required error"><label class="required" for="id_age">
             Age:</label><input type="number" name="age" id="id_age" aria-invalid="true"
-            required></p>""",
+            required aria-describedby="id_age_error"></p>""",
         )
 
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
@@ -3756,7 +3842,8 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             """<tr class="required error">
 <th><label class="required" for="id_name">Name:</label></th>
 <td><ul class="errorlist" id="id_name_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-<input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required></td></tr>
+<input type="text" name="name" id="id_name" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_name_error"></td></tr>
 <tr class="required"><th><label class="required" for="id_is_cool">Is cool:</label></th>
 <td><select name="is_cool" id="id_is_cool">
 <option value="unknown" selected>Unknown</option>
@@ -3767,14 +3854,15 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
 <input type="email" name="email" id="id_email" maxlength="320"></td></tr>
 <tr class="required error"><th><label class="required" for="id_age">Age:</label></th>
 <td><ul class="errorlist" id="id_age_error"><li>This field is required.</li></ul>
-<input type="number" name="age" id="id_age" aria-invalid="true" required></td></tr>""",
+<input type="number" name="age" id="id_age" aria-invalid="true" required
+aria-describedby="id_age_error"></td></tr>""",
         )
         self.assertHTMLEqual(
             p.as_div(),
             '<div class="required error"><label for="id_name" class="required">Name:'
             '</label><ul class="errorlist" id="id_name_error"><li>This field is '
             'required.</li></ul><input type="text" name="name" required id="id_name" '
-            'aria-invalid="true" /></div>'
+            'aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="id_name_error" /></div>'
             '<div class="required"><label for="id_is_cool" class="required">Is cool:'
             '</label><select name="is_cool" id="id_is_cool">'
             '<option value="unknown" selected>Unknown</option>'
@@ -3784,7 +3872,7 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             '<div class="required error"><label for="id_age" class="required">Age:'
             '</label><ul class="errorlist" id="id_age_error"><li>This field is '
             'required.</li></ul><input type="number" name="age" required id="id_age" '
-            'aria-invalid="true" /></div>',
+            'aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="id_age_error" /></div>',
         )
 
     def test_label_has_required_css_class(self):
@@ -4470,7 +4558,7 @@ Options: <select multiple name="options" aria-invalid="true" required>
             "&quot;bar&quot;!</li></ul>"
             '<label for="id_visible">Visible:</label> '
             '<input type="text" name="visible" aria-invalid="true" value="b" '
-            'id="id_visible" required>'
+            'id="id_visible" required aria-describedby="id_visible_error">'
             '<input type="hidden" name="hidden" value="a" id="id_hidden"></li>',
         )