[Port dspace-8_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

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
      [class.d-none]="model.hidden"
      [formGroup]="group"
      [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'container'), getClass('grid', 'container')]">
-  <label *ngIf="!isCheckbox && hasLabel"
+  <label *ngIf="!isCheckbox && hasLabel && !isDateField"
          [id]="'label_' + model.id"
          [for]="id"
          [innerHTML]="(model.required && model.label) ? (model.label | translate) + ' *' : (model.label | translate)"

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

@@ -220,8 +220,10 @@ describe('DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent test suite', () => {
   let testElement: DebugElement;
   const testItem: Item = new Item();
   const testWSI: WorkspaceItem = new WorkspaceItem();
-  testWSI.item = observableOf(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(testItem));
   const actions$: ReplaySubject<any> = new ReplaySubject<any>(1);
+  testWSI.item = observableOf(createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(testItem));
+  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,
   NgForOf,
   NgIf,
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ import {
   OnDestroy,
   OnInit,
   Output,
+  PLATFORM_ID,
   QueryList,
+  Renderer2,
   SimpleChanges,
   Type,
   ViewChild,
@@ -42,10 +45,12 @@ import {
 import {
   DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_MAP_FN,
   DYNAMIC_FORM_CONTROL_TYPE_CHECKBOX,
+  DynamicFormArrayComponent,
   DynamicFormArrayGroupModel,
   DynamicFormArrayModel,
   DynamicFormComponentService,
   DynamicFormControl,
+  DynamicFormControlComponent,
   DynamicFormControlContainerComponent,
   DynamicFormControlEvent,
   DynamicFormControlEventType,
@@ -108,7 +113,6 @@ import { SubmissionObjectDataService } from '../../../../core/submission/submiss
 import { paginatedRelationsToItems } from '../../../../item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item-relationships-utils';
 import { SubmissionObjectActionTypes } from '../../../../submission/objects/submission-objects.actions';
 import { SubmissionService } from '../../../../submission/submission.service';
-import { BtnDisabledDirective } from '../../../btn-disabled.directive';
 import {
   hasNoValue,
   hasValue,
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ 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({
@@ -151,7 +156,6 @@ import { DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent } from './relation-lookup-modal/d
     NgbTooltipModule,
     NgTemplateOutlet,
     ExistingRelationListElementComponent,
-    BtnDisabledDirective,
   ],
   standalone: true,
 })
@@ -229,6 +233,8 @@ 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;
@@ -330,6 +336,11 @@ 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);
@@ -351,6 +362,7 @@ export class DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent extends DynamicFormControlCo
 
   ngAfterViewInit() {
     this.showErrorMessagesPreviousStage = this.showErrorMessages;
+    this.handleAriaLabelForLibraryComponents();
   }
 
   protected createFormControlComponent(): void {
@@ -522,4 +534,22 @@ 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

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div>
   <fieldset class="d-flex justify-content-start flex-wrap gap-2">
     <legend *ngIf="!model.repeatable" [id]="'legend_' + model.id" [ngClass]="[getClass('element', 'label'), getClass('grid', 'label')]">
-      {{model.placeholder}} <span *ngIf="model.required">*</span>
-      </legend>
+      {{model.label}} <span *ngIf="model.required">*</span>
+    </legend>
     <ds-number-picker
       tabindex="0"
       [id]="model.id + '_year'"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       [value]="year"
       [invalid]="showErrorMessages"
       [placeholder]="'form.date-picker.placeholder.year' | translate"
-    [widthClass]="'four-digits'"
+      [widthClass]="'four-digits'"
       (blur)="onBlur($event)"
       (change)="onChange($event)"
       (focus)="onFocus($event)"
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
       [min]="minMonth"
       [max]="maxMonth"
       [name]="'month'"
-    [size]="2"
+      [size]="2"
       [(ngModel)]="initialMonth"
       [value]="month"
       [placeholder]="'form.date-picker.placeholder.month' | translate"
       [disabled]="!year || model.disabled"
-    [widthClass]="'two-digits'"
+      [widthClass]="'two-digits'"
       (blur)="onBlur($event)"
       (change)="onChange($event)"
       (focus)="onFocus($event)"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       [value]="day"
       [placeholder]="'form.date-picker.placeholder.day' | translate"
       [disabled]="!month || model.disabled"
-    [widthClass]="'two-digits'"
+      [widthClass]="'two-digits'"
       (blur)="onBlur($event)"
       (change)="onChange($event)"
       (focus)="onFocus($event)"

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

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
          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"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   <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

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
           aria-hidden="true"></i>
     <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"
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 
   <div #dropdownMenu ngbDropdownMenu
        class="dropdown-menu scrollable-dropdown-menu w-100"
-       [attr.aria-label]="model.placeholder">
+       [attr.aria-label]="model.label">
     <div class="scrollable-menu"
          role="listbox"
          [id]="'combobox_' + id + '_listbox'"
-         [attr.aria-label]="model.placeholder"
+         [attr.aria-label]="model.label"
          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"
     >