From c187f5f9242b681abaa199173e02066997439425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Smith <smithdc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:13:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refs #32819 -- Avoided adding 'aria-describedby' to hidden
 inputs.

Hidden elements are not visible for both accessibility tools and browsers presentation layer. This change therefore only reduces the size of the generated HTML.
---
 django/forms/boundfield.py            | 1 +
 tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/django/forms/boundfield.py b/django/forms/boundfield.py
index d56fa0ea3e..d0d5c13b3d 100644
--- a/django/forms/boundfield.py
+++ b/django/forms/boundfield.py
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class BoundField(RenderableFieldMixin):
             and self.field.help_text
             and not self.use_fieldset
             and self.auto_id
+            and not self.is_hidden
         ):
             attrs["aria-describedby"] = f"{self.auto_id}_helptext"
         return attrs
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
index a86d443e33..3982cc93fe 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -2136,6 +2136,15 @@ class FormsTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
             p.as_p(), '<input type="hidden" name="foo"><input type="hidden" name="bar">'
         )
 
+    def test_hidden_widget_does_not_have_aria_describedby(self):
+        class TestForm(Form):
+            hidden_text = CharField(widget=HiddenInput, help_text="Help Text")
+
+        f = TestForm()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(f), '<input type="hidden" name="hidden_text" id="id_hidden_text">'
+        )
+
     def test_field_order(self):
         # A Form's fields are displayed in the same order in which they were defined.
         class TestForm(Form):