Refs #32819 -- Used auto_id instead of id_for_label as unique identifier for the field.

`id_for_label` is blank for widgets with multiple inputs such as radios
and multiple checkboxes. Therefore , `help_text` for fields using these
widgets cannot currently be associated using `aria-describedby`.
`id_for_label` is being used as a guard to avoid incorrectly adding
`aria-describedby` to those widgets.

This change uses `auto_id` as the unique identified for the fields
`help_text`. A guard is added to avoid incorrectly adding
`aria-describedby` to inputs by checking the widget's `use_fieldset`
attribute. Fields rendered in a `<fieldset>` should have
`aria-describedby` added to the `<fieldset>` and not every `<input>`.

django/forms/boundfield.py

@@ -296,9 +296,10 @@ class BoundField(RenderableFieldMixin):
             not attrs.get("aria-describedby")
             and not widget.attrs.get("aria-describedby")
             and self.field.help_text
-            and self.id_for_label
+            and not self.use_fieldset
+            and self.auto_id
         ):
-            attrs["aria-describedby"] = f"{self.id_for_label}_helptext"
+            attrs["aria-describedby"] = f"{self.auto_id}_helptext"
         return attrs
 
     @property

django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/field.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% else %}
   {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag() }}{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
-{% if field.help_text %}<div class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</div>{% endif %}
+{% if field.help_text %}<div class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</div>{% endif %}
 {{ field.errors }}
 {{ field }}
 {% if field.use_fieldset %}</fieldset>{% endif %}

django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/p.html

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag() }}{% endif %}
     {{ field }}
     {% if field.help_text %}
-      <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+      <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
     {% endif %}
     {% if loop.last %}
       {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/table.html

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       {{ field }}
       {% if field.help_text %}
         <br>
-        <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+        <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
       {% endif %}
       {% if loop.last %}
         {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

django/forms/jinja2/django/forms/ul.html

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag() }}{% endif %}
     {{ field }}
     {% if field.help_text %}
-      <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+      <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
     {% endif %}
     {% if loop.last %}
       {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

django/forms/templates/django/forms/field.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% else %}
   {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag }}{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
-{% if field.help_text %}<div class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</div>{% endif %}
+{% if field.help_text %}<div class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</div>{% endif %}
 {{ field.errors }}
 {{ field }}
 {% if field.use_fieldset %}</fieldset>{% endif %}

django/forms/templates/django/forms/p.html

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag }}{% endif %}
     {{ field }}
     {% if field.help_text %}
-      <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+      <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
     {% endif %}
     {% if forloop.last %}
       {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

django/forms/templates/django/forms/table.html

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       {{ field }}
       {% if field.help_text %}
         <br>
-        <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+        <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
       {% endif %}
       {% if forloop.last %}
         {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

django/forms/templates/django/forms/ul.html

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     {% if field.label %}{{ field.label_tag }}{% endif %}
     {{ field }}
     {% if field.help_text %}
-      <span class="helptext"{% if field.id_for_label %} id="{{ field.id_for_label}}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
+      <span class="helptext"{% if field.auto_id %} id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext"{% endif %}>{{ field.help_text|safe }}</span>
     {% endif %}
     {% if forloop.last %}
       {% for field in hidden_fields %}{{ field }}{% endfor %}

docs/ref/forms/fields.txt

@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ fields. We've specified ``auto_id=False`` to simplify the output:
     <div>Sender:<div class="helptext">A valid email address, please.</div><input type="email" name="sender" required></div>
     <div>Cc myself:<input type="checkbox" name="cc_myself"></div>
 
-When a field has help text and :attr:`~django.forms.BoundField.id_for_label`
+When a field has help text and the widget is not rendered in a ``<fieldset>``,
-returns a value, we associate ``help_text`` with the input using the
+``aria-describedby`` is added to the ``<input>`` to associate it to the
-``aria-describedby`` HTML attribute:
+help text:
 
 .. code-block:: pycon
 

docs/releases/5.0.txt

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ For example, the template below:
     <div>
       {{ form.name.label_tag }}
       {% if form.name.help_text %}
-        <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.name.id_for_label }}_helptext">
+        <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.name.auto_id }}_helptext">
           {{ form.name.help_text|safe }}
         </div>
       {% endif %}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ For example, the template below:
         <div class="col">
           {{ form.email.label_tag }}
           {% if form.email.help_text %}
-            <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.email.id_for_label }}_helptext">
+            <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.email.auto_id }}_helptext">
               {{ form.email.help_text|safe }}
             </div>
           {% endif %}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ For example, the template below:
         <div class="col">
           {{ form.password.label_tag }}
           {% if form.password.help_text %}
-            <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.password.id_for_label }}_helptext">
+            <div class="helptext" id="{{ form.password.auto_id }}_helptext">
               {{ form.password.help_text|safe }}
             </div>
           {% endif %}

docs/topics/forms/index.txt

@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ loop:
             {{ field.errors }}
             {{ field.label_tag }} {{ field }}
             {% if field.help_text %}
-              <p class="help" id="{{ field.id_for_label }}_helptext">
+              <p class="help" id="{{ field.auto_id }}_helptext">
                 {{ field.help_text|safe }}
               </p>
             {% endif %}