fix: Field text hidden from ARIA#9734
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lizschwab merged 1 commit intoRaspberryPiFoundation:v13from Apr 17, 2026
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The details
Resolves
Fixes #9655
Proposed Changes
Field text elements are
aria-hiddenby default.Reason for Changes
With the aria label changes in place we no longer need text on the elements to be visible to assistive technology. With these changes, the accessibility tree goes from looking like this:
to looking like this:
Test Coverage
Added a unit test which ensures field text elements get the
aria-hidden=trueattribute.Documentation
Changes to the
Field.createTextElement_()method documentation are included in this PR.