From de06111d6559807c0691fbd819da399341d8b5af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jb Audras <audrasjb@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 21:50:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Comments: Remove `aria-hidden="true"` attribute for visible
 text in comment template.

This changeset removes `aria-hidden="true"` attribute used for required fields in comments template, for better accessibility. It removes the attribute from both `wp_required_field_indicator()` and `wp_required_field_message()` patterns.

Follow-up to [53888].

Props juliemoynat, audrasjb, joedolson, sabernhardt, afercia, costdev.
Fixes #55717.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@54136 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
---
 src/wp-includes/general-template.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
index 444a2dcddf..acc3b5bda2 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -5024,7 +5024,7 @@ function __checked_selected_helper( $helper, $current, $echo, $type ) { // phpcs
 function wp_required_field_indicator() {
 	/* translators: Character to identify required form fields. */
 	$glyph     = __( '*' );
-	$indicator = '<span class="required" aria-hidden="true">' . esc_html( $glyph ) . '</span>';
+	$indicator = '<span class="required">' . esc_html( $glyph ) . '</span>';
 
 	return $indicator;
 }
@@ -5038,7 +5038,7 @@ function wp_required_field_indicator() {
  */
 function wp_required_field_message() {
 	$message = sprintf(
-		'<span class="required-field-message" aria-hidden="true">%s</span>',
+		'<span class="required-field-message">%s</span>',
 		/* translators: %s: Asterisk symbol (*). */
 		sprintf( __( 'Required fields are marked %s' ), wp_required_field_indicator() )
 	);