[Port dspace-9_x] Fix accessibility issues with placeholder text in submission forms by removing placeholders

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.html

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <div [class.mb-2]="hasLabel || model.type === 'DATE' || (model.type !== 'GROUP' && asBootstrapFormGroup) || getClass('element', 'container').includes('mb-2')"
      [class.d-none]="model.hidden"
-  [formGroup]="group"
-  [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'container'), getClass('grid', 'container')]">
-  @if (!isCheckbox && hasLabel) {
+     [formGroup]="group"
+     [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'container'), getClass('grid', 'container')]">
+  @if (!isCheckbox && hasLabel && !isDateField) {
     <label
       [id]="'label_' + model.id"
       [for]="id"
       class="form-label"
       [innerHTML]="(model.required && model.label) ? (model.label | translate) + ' *' : (model.label | translate)"
-    [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'label'), getClass('grid', 'label')]"></label>
+      [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'label'), getClass('grid', 'label')]"></label>
   }
   <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="startTemplate?.templateRef; context: { $implicit: model };"></ng-container>
   <!--    Should be *ngIf instead of class d-none, but that breaks the #componentViewContainer reference-->
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
       </div>
 
       @if (hasHint && (formBuilderService.hasArrayGroupValue(model) || (!model.repeatable && (isRelationship === false || value?.value === null)) || (model.repeatable === true && context?.index === context?.context?.groups?.length - 1)) && (!showErrorMessages || errorMessages.length === 0)) {
-<small
-             class="text-muted ds-hint" [innerHTML]="model.hint | translate" [ngClass]="getClass('element', 'hint')"></small>
+        <small class="text-muted ds-hint" [innerHTML]="model.hint | translate" [ngClass]="getClass('element', 'hint')"></small>
       }
       <!-- In case of repeatable fields show empty space for all elements except the first -->
       @if (context?.parent?.groups?.length > 1 && (!showErrorMessages || errorMessages.length === 0)) {

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.spec.ts

@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ describe('DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent test suite', () => {
   testWSI.item = of(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(testItem));
   const actions$: ReplaySubject<any> = new ReplaySubject<any>(1);
 
+  const renderer = jasmine.createSpyObj('Renderer2', ['setAttribute']);
+
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@ describe('DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent test suite', () => {
     });
 
     fixture.detectChanges();
+    renderer.setAttribute.calls.reset();
     testElement = debugElement.query(By.css(`input[id='${testModel.id}']`));
   }));
 
@@ -434,4 +437,43 @@ describe('DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent test suite', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should not show a label if is a checkbox or a date field', () => {
+    const checkboxLabel =  fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#label_' + formModel[0].id));
+    const dsDatePickerLabel =  fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#label_' + formModel[22].id));
+
+    expect(checkboxLabel).toBeNull();
+    expect(dsDatePickerLabel).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('should not call handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents if is SSR', () => {
+    (component as any).platformId = 'server';
+    (component as any).componentRef = {
+      instance: new DynamicNGBootstrapInputComponent(null, null),
+      location: { nativeElement: document.createElement('div') },
+    } as any;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    (component as any).handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents();
+
+    expect(renderer.setAttribute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should set aria-label when valid input and additional property ariaLabel exist and is on browser', () => {
+    (component as any).platformId = 'browser';
+    const inputEl = document.createElement('input');
+    const hostEl = {
+      querySelector: jasmine.createSpy('querySelector').and.returnValue(inputEl),
+    };
+
+    (component as any).componentRef = {
+      instance: new DynamicNGBootstrapInputComponent(null, null),
+      location: { nativeElement: hostEl },
+    } as any;
+    (component as any).renderer = renderer;
+    component.model = { additional: { ariaLabel: 'Accessible Label' } } as any;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    (component as any).handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents();
+    expect(renderer.setAttribute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(inputEl, 'aria-label', 'Accessible Label');
+  });
+
 });

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   AsyncPipe,
+  isPlatformBrowser,
   NgClass,
   NgTemplateOutlet,
 } from '@angular/common';
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ import {
   OnDestroy,
   OnInit,
   Output,
+  PLATFORM_ID,
   QueryList,
+  Renderer2,
   SimpleChanges,
   Type,
   ViewChild,
@@ -40,10 +43,12 @@ import {
 import {
   DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_MAP_FN,
   DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_CHECKBOX,
+  DynamicFormArrayComponent,
   DynamicFormArrayGroupModel,
   DynamicFormArrayModel,
   DynamicFormComponentService,
   DynamicFormControl,
+  DynamicFormControlComponent,
   DynamicFormControlContainerComponent,
   DynamicFormControlEvent,
   DynamicFormControlEventType,
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ import {
 } from './existing-metadata-list-element/existing-metadata-list-element.component';
 import { ExistingRelationListElementComponent } from './existing-relation-list-element/existing-relation-list-element.component';
 import { DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_CUSTOM_SWITCH } from './models/custom-switch/custom-switch.model';
+import { DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_DSDATEPICKER } from './models/date-picker/date-picker.model';
 import { DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent } from './relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component';
 
 @Component({
@@ -223,6 +229,8 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
     @Inject(APP_CONFIG) protected appConfig: AppConfig,
     @Inject(DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_MAP_FN) protected dynamicFormControlFn: DynamicFormControlMapFn,
     private actions$: Actions,
+    protected renderer: Renderer2,
+    @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) protected platformId: string,
   ) {
     super(ref, componentFactoryResolver, layoutService, validationService, dynamicFormComponentService, relationService);
     this.fetchThumbnail = this.appConfig.browseBy.showThumbnails;
@@ -324,6 +332,10 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
     return this.model.type === DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_CHECKBOX || this.model.type === DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_CUSTOM_SWITCH;
   }
 
+  get isDateField(): boolean {
+    return this.model.type === DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_DSDATEPICKER;
+  }
+
   ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
     if (changes && !this.isRelationship && hasValue(this.group.get(this.model.id))) {
       super.ngOnChanges(changes);
@@ -345,6 +357,7 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
 
   ngAfterViewInit() {
     this.showErrorMessagesPreviousStage = this.showErrorMessages;
+    this.handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents();
   }
 
   protected createFormControlComponent(): void {
@@ -516,4 +529,22 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
     this.subs.push(collection$.subscribe((collection) => this.collection = collection));
 
   }
+
+  private handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents(): void {
+    if (!isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if ((this.componentRef.instance instanceof DynamicFormControlComponent) &&
+      !(this.componentRef.instance instanceof DynamicFormArrayComponent) &&
+      this.componentRef.location.nativeElement) {
+      const inputEl: HTMLElement | null =
+        this.componentRef.location.nativeElement.querySelector('input,textarea,select,[role="textbox"]');
+
+
+      if (inputEl &&  this.model?.additional?.ariaLabel) {
+        this.renderer.setAttribute(inputEl, 'aria-label', this.model.additional.ariaLabel);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/date-picker/date-picker.component.html

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <fieldset class="d-flex justify-content-start flex-wrap gap-2">
     @if (!model.repeatable) {
       <legend [id]="'legend_' + model.id" [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'label'), getClass('grid', 'label')]">
-        {{ model.placeholder }}
+        {{model.label}}
         @if (model.required) {
           <span>*</span>
         }
-      </legend>
-    }
+    </legend>
+  }
   <ds-number-picker
     tabindex="0"
     [id]="model.id + '_year'"

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/onebox/dynamic-onebox.component.html

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
            class="form-control"
            [attr.aria-labelledby]="'label_' + model.id"
            [attr.autoComplete]="model.autoComplete"
-           [attr.aria-label]="model.label | translate"
+           [attr.aria-label]="(model.label || model?.additional?.ariaLabel) | translate"
            [class.is-invalid]="showErrorMessages"
            [id]="model.id"
            [inputFormatter]="formatter"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <input class="form-control"
            [attr.aria-labelledby]="'label_' + model.id"
            [attr.autoComplete]="model.autoComplete"
-           [attr.aria-label]="model.label | translate"
+           [attr.aria-label]="(model.label || model?.additional?.ariaLabel) | translate"
            [class.is-invalid]="showErrorMessages"
            [class.tree-input]="!model.readOnly"
            [id]="id"

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component.html

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     }
     <input class="form-control"
       [attr.aria-controls]="'combobox_' + id + '_listbox'"
-      [attr.aria-label]="model.placeholder"
+      [attr.aria-label]="model.label"
       [attr.autoComplete]="model.autoComplete"
       [class.is-invalid]="showErrorMessages"
       [class.scrollable-dropdown-input]="!model.readOnly"
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
   <div #dropdownMenu ngbDropdownMenu
     class="dropdown-menu scrollable-dropdown-menu w-100"
-    [attr.aria-label]="model.placeholder | translate">
+    [attr.aria-label]="model.label | translate">
     <div class="scrollable-menu"
       role="listbox"
       [id]="'combobox_' + id + '_listbox'"
-      [attr.aria-label]="model.placeholder | translate"
+      [attr.aria-label]="model.label | translate"
       infiniteScroll
       [infiniteScrollDistance]="2"
       [infiniteScrollThrottle]="50"

src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/concat-field-parser.ts

@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ export class ConcatFieldParser extends FieldParser {
     concatGroup.disabled = input1ModelConfig.readOnly;
 
     if (isNotEmpty(this.firstPlaceholder)) {
-      input1ModelConfig.placeholder = this.firstPlaceholder;
+      input1ModelConfig.label = this.firstPlaceholder;
     }
 
     if (isNotEmpty(this.secondPlaceholder)) {
-      input2ModelConfig.placeholder = this.secondPlaceholder;
+      input2ModelConfig.label = this.secondPlaceholder;
     }
 
     // Split placeholder if is like 'placeholder1/placeholder2'
     const placeholder = this.configData.label.split('/');
     if (placeholder.length === 2) {
-      input1ModelConfig.placeholder = placeholder[0];
-      input2ModelConfig.placeholder = placeholder[1];
+      input1ModelConfig.label = placeholder[0];
+      input2ModelConfig.label = placeholder[1];
     }
 
     const model1 = new DsDynamicInputModel(input1ModelConfig, clsInput);

src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/date-field-parser.spec.ts

@@ -67,4 +67,11 @@ describe('DateFieldParser test suite', () => {
 
     expect(fieldModel.value).toEqual(expectedValue);
   });
+
+  it('should skip setting the placeholder', () => {
+    const parser = new DateFieldParser(submissionId, field, initFormValues, parserOptions, translateService);
+    const fieldModel = parser.parse();
+
+    expect(fieldModel.placeholder).toBeNull();
+  });
 });

src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/date-field-parser.ts

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ export class DateFieldParser extends FieldParser {
 
   public modelFactory(fieldValue?: FormFieldMetadataValueObject, label?: boolean): any {
     let malformedDate = false;
-    const inputDateModelConfig: DynamicDsDateControlModelConfig = this.initModel(null, false, true);
-    inputDateModelConfig.legend = this.configData.label;
+    const inputDateModelConfig: DynamicDsDateControlModelConfig = this.initModel(null, label, true);
+    inputDateModelConfig.legend = this.configData.repeatable ? null : this.configData.label;
     inputDateModelConfig.disabled = inputDateModelConfig.readOnly;
     inputDateModelConfig.toggleIcon = 'fas fa-calendar';
     this.setValues(inputDateModelConfig as any, fieldValue);

src/app/shared/form/builder/parsers/field-parser.ts

@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ export abstract class FieldParser {
     if (hint) {
       controlModel.hint = this.configData.hints || ' ';
     }
-    controlModel.placeholder = this.configData.label;
+
+    controlModel.additional = { ...controlModel.additional, ariaLabel: this.configData.label };
 
     if (this.configData.mandatory && setErrors) {
       this.markAsRequired(controlModel);

src/app/shared/form/number-picker/number-picker.component.html

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         [readonly]="disabled"
         [disabled]="disabled"
         [ngClass]="{'is-invalid': invalid}"
-        placeholder="{{'form.number-picker.label.' + placeholder | translate }}"
         title="{{'form.number-picker.label.' + placeholder | translate}}"
         [attr.aria-labelledby]="id + ' increment-' + id + ' decrement-' + id"
     >