Issue Summary

the instruction message present for “Filter Name ” field i.e “Enter a name for this filter” is not programmatically associated with its input field. this part is split to JRASERVER-78805.

Note: A similar issue has been observed on the header region in the "Help us improve Jira" modal dialog for the "Summary" input field.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the "Home" page.
2. Navigate to the header section.
3. Navigate to the "Feedback" button and activate it > a modal appears.
4. Now, navigate to the mentioned "Help us improve Jira" heading in the modal dialog.
5. Navigate to the "Summary" field.

Actual Result

While navigating to the input field, the instruction message(which is present just below the input field) is not announced for the screen reader user. As a result screen, reader users will be unaware of what input data is expected if the instruction message not announce by screen reader software.

Expected Result

The instruction message present for mentioned input field should be announce by screen reader software for that it should be programmatically associated.

1. Provide a unique id to the input field which has the instruction message/text.
2. Provide an aria-describedby attribute to its respective input field and reference the “id” of the input field to it.

Screenshot 2

code snippet

<input aria-describedby="error" type="text" id="filterName" name="name" class="text long-field"> 
<div id="error" class="description">Enter a name for this Filter</div>

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020)
macOs Ventura  13.3.1
Chrome - Version 108.0.5359.124 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Firefox- Version 92.0 (64-bit)
Safari- Version 16.2 (18614.3.7.1.5)
JAWS- Version 2021
NVDA- Version 2021.2
Voiceover - Version Latest