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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions packages/@react-aria/form/intl/en-US.json
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{
"invalidValue": "Invalid value.",
"reviewField": "Please review {accessibleName} field: {validationMessage}"
}
13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions packages/@react-aria/form/package.json
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"url": "https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum"
},
"dependencies": {
"@react-aria/interactions": "^3.25.2",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.1",
"@react-stately/form": "^3.1.5",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.30.0",
"@swc/helpers": "^0.5.0"
"@react-aria/i18n": "^3.12.9",
"@react-aria/interactions": "^3.25.1",
"@react-aria/live-announcer": "^3.4.3",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.0",
"@react-stately/form": "^3.1.4",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.29.1",
"@swc/helpers": "^0.5.0",
"dom-accessibility-api": "^0.7.0"
},
"peerDependencies": {
"react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0-rc.1 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0-rc.1",
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97 changes: 87 additions & 10 deletions packages/@react-aria/form/src/useFormValidation.ts
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* governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*/

import {announce} from '@react-aria/live-announcer';
import {computeAccessibleName} from 'dom-accessibility-api';
import {FormValidationState} from '@react-stately/form';
import {getActiveElement, getOwnerDocument, useEffectEvent, useLayoutEffect} from '@react-aria/utils';
// @ts-ignore
import intlMessages from '../intl/*.json';
import {RefObject, Validation, ValidationResult} from '@react-types/shared';
import {setInteractionModality} from '@react-aria/interactions';
import {useEffect} from 'react';
import {useEffectEvent, useLayoutEffect} from '@react-aria/utils';
import {useEffect, useRef} from 'react';
import {useLocalizedStringFormatter} from '@react-aria/i18n';

type ValidatableElement = HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | HTMLSelectElement;

function isValidatableElement(element: Element): boolean {
return element instanceof HTMLInputElement ||
element instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement ||
element instanceof HTMLSelectElement;
}

interface FormValidationProps<T> extends Validation<T> {
focus?: () => void
}

export function useFormValidation<T>(props: FormValidationProps<T>, state: FormValidationState, ref: RefObject<ValidatableElement | null> | undefined): void {
let {validationBehavior, focus} = props;

let justBlurredRef = useRef(false);
let timeoutIdRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
function announceErrorMessage(errorMessage: string = ''): void {
if (timeoutIdRef.current != null) {
clearTimeout(timeoutIdRef.current);
timeoutIdRef.current = null;
}
if (ref && ref.current && errorMessage !== '' && (
ref.current.contains(getActiveElement(getOwnerDocument(ref.current))) ||
justBlurredRef.current
)
) {
timeoutIdRef.current = setTimeout(() => announce(errorMessage, 'polite'), 250);
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Consider extracting the hardcoded 250ms delay into a named constant to improve clarity and ease future adjustments.

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}
}

let stringFormatter = useLocalizedStringFormatter(intlMessages, '@react-aria/form');

// This is a useLayoutEffect so that it runs before the useEffect in useFormValidationState, which commits the validation change.
useLayoutEffect(() => {
if (validationBehavior === 'native' && ref?.current && !ref.current.disabled) {
let errorMessage = state.realtimeValidation.isInvalid ? state.realtimeValidation.validationErrors.join(' ') || 'Invalid value.' : '';
let errorMessage =
state.realtimeValidation.isInvalid ?
(state.realtimeValidation.validationErrors?.join(' ') || stringFormatter.format('invalidValue') || '') :
'';
ref.current.setCustomValidity(errorMessage);

// Prevent default tooltip for validation message.
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// Auto focus the first invalid input in a form, unless the error already had its default prevented.
let form = ref?.current?.form;
if (!e.defaultPrevented && ref && form && getFirstInvalidInput(form) === ref.current) {
if (focus) {
focus();
} else {
ref.current?.focus();
if (!e.defaultPrevented && ref && form) {

// Announce the current error message
announceErrorMessage(ref?.current?.validationMessage || '');

if (getFirstInvalidInput(form) === ref.current) {
if (focus) {
focus();
} else {
ref.current?.focus();
}
}

// Always show focus ring.
Expand All @@ -75,25 +113,64 @@ export function useFormValidation<T>(props: FormValidationProps<T>, state: FormV
state.commitValidation();
});

let onBlur = useEffectEvent((event: Event) => {
const input = ref?.current;
const relatedTarget = (event as FocusEvent).relatedTarget as Element | null;
if (
(!input || !input.validationMessage) ||
(relatedTarget && isValidatableElement(relatedTarget) && (relatedTarget as ValidatableElement).validationMessage)
) {
// If the input has no validation message,
// or the relatedTarget has a validation message, don't announce the error message.
// This prevents announcing the error message when the user is navigating
// between inputs that may already have an error message.
return;
}
justBlurredRef.current = true;
const isRadioOrCheckbox = input.type === 'radio' || input.type === 'checkbox';
const groupElement = isRadioOrCheckbox ? input.closest('[role="group"][aria-labelledby], [role=\'group\'][aria-label], fieldset') : undefined;
// Announce the current error message
const accessibleName = computeAccessibleName(groupElement || input);
const validationMessage = input.validationMessage;
announceErrorMessage(
accessibleName && validationMessage ?
stringFormatter.format(
'reviewField',
{
accessibleName,
validationMessage
}) :
validationMessage
);
justBlurredRef.current = false;
});

useEffect(() => {
let input = ref?.current;
if (!input) {
return;
}

let form = input.form;
input.addEventListener('blur', onBlur);
input.addEventListener('invalid', onInvalid);
input.addEventListener('change', onChange);
form?.addEventListener('reset', onReset);
return () => {
if (timeoutIdRef.current != null) {
clearTimeout(timeoutIdRef.current);
timeoutIdRef.current = null;
}
justBlurredRef.current = false;
input!.removeEventListener('blur', onBlur);
input!.removeEventListener('invalid', onInvalid);
input!.removeEventListener('change', onChange);
form?.removeEventListener('reset', onReset);
};
}, [ref, onInvalid, onChange, onReset, validationBehavior]);
}, [justBlurredRef, onBlur, onChange, onInvalid, onReset, ref, validationBehavior]);
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[nitpick] Since ref objects are stable, including justBlurredRef and ref in the dependency array may be unnecessary; consider removing them to simplify the dependencies.

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}, [justBlurredRef, onBlur, onChange, onInvalid, onReset, ref, validationBehavior]);
}, [onBlur, onChange, onInvalid, onReset, validationBehavior]);

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}

function getValidity(input: ValidatableElement) {
function getValidity(input: ValidatableElement): ValidityState {
// The native ValidityState object is live, meaning each property is a getter that returns the current state.
// We need to create a snapshot of the validity state at the time this function is called to avoid unpredictable React renders.
let validity = input.validity;
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion packages/@react-spectrum/autocomplete/intl/en-US.json
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"loading": "Loading...",
"noResults": "No results",
"clear": "Clear",
"invalid": "(invalid)"
"invalid": "(invalid)",
"valid": "(valid)"
}
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Expand Up @@ -207,9 +207,10 @@ const SearchAutocompleteButton = React.forwardRef(function SearchAutocompleteBut
let stringFormatter = useLocalizedStringFormatter(intlMessages, '@react-spectrum/autocomplete');
let valueId = useId();
let invalidId = useId();
let validId = useId();
let validationIcon = validationState === 'invalid'
? <AlertMedium id={invalidId} aria-label={stringFormatter.format('invalid')} />
: <CheckmarkMedium />;
: <CheckmarkMedium id={validId} aria-label={stringFormatter.format('valid')} />;

if (icon) {
icon = React.cloneElement(icon, {
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props['aria-labelledby'],
props['aria-label'] && !props['aria-labelledby'] ? props.id : null,
valueId,
validationState === 'invalid' ? invalidId : null
validationState === 'invalid' ? invalidId : null,
validationState === 'valid' ? validId : null
].filter(Boolean).join(' '),
elementType: 'div'
}, ref);
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion packages/@react-spectrum/combobox/intl/en-US.json
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"loading": "Loading...",
"noResults": "No results",
"clear": "Clear",
"invalid": "(invalid)"
"invalid": "(invalid)",
"valid": "(valid)"
}
6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions packages/@react-spectrum/combobox/src/MobileComboBox.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -179,9 +179,10 @@ export const ComboBoxButton = React.forwardRef(function ComboBoxButton(props: Co
let stringFormatter = useLocalizedStringFormatter(intlMessages, '@react-spectrum/combobox');
let valueId = useId();
let invalidId = useId();
let validId = useId();
let validationIcon = validationState === 'invalid'
? <AlertMedium id={invalidId} aria-label={stringFormatter.format('invalid')} />
: <CheckmarkMedium />;
: <CheckmarkMedium id={validId} aria-label={stringFormatter.format('valid')} />;

let validation = React.cloneElement(validationIcon, {
UNSAFE_className: classNames(
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props['aria-labelledby'],
props['aria-label'] && !props['aria-labelledby'] ? props.id : null,
valueId,
validationState === 'invalid' ? invalidId : null
validationState === 'invalid' ? invalidId : null,
validationState === 'valid' ? validId : null
].filter(Boolean).join(' '),
elementType: 'div'
}, objRef);
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion packages/@react-spectrum/datepicker/intl/en-US.json
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{
"time": "Time",
"startTime": "Start time",
"endTime": "End time"
"endTime": "End time",
"valid": "(valid)"
}
7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion packages/@react-spectrum/datepicker/src/Input.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ import Alert from '@spectrum-icons/ui/AlertMedium';
import Checkmark from '@spectrum-icons/ui/CheckmarkMedium';
import {classNames, useValueEffect} from '@react-spectrum/utils';
import datepickerStyles from './styles.css';
// @ts-ignore
import intlMessages from '../intl/*.json';
import {mergeProps, mergeRefs, useEvent, useLayoutEffect, useResizeObserver} from '@react-aria/utils';
import React, {ReactElement, useCallback, useRef} from 'react';
import textfieldStyles from '@adobe/spectrum-css-temp/components/textfield/vars.css';
import {useFocusRing} from '@react-aria/focus';
import {useLocalizedStringFormatter} from '@react-aria/i18n';

export const Input = React.forwardRef(function Input(props: any, ref: any) {
let inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
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'spectrum-Textfield-validationIcon'
);

let stringFormatter = useLocalizedStringFormatter(intlMessages, '@react-spectrum/datepicker');
let validId = fieldProps?.id ? `${fieldProps.id}-valid-icon` : undefined;
let validationIcon: ReactElement | null = null;
if (validationState === 'invalid' && !isDisabled) {
validationIcon = <Alert data-testid="invalid-icon" UNSAFE_className={iconClass} />;
} else if (validationState === 'valid' && !isDisabled) {
validationIcon = <Checkmark data-testid="valid-icon" UNSAFE_className={iconClass} />;
validationIcon = <Checkmark id={validId} aria-label={stringFormatter.format('valid')} data-testid="valid-icon" UNSAFE_className={iconClass} />;
}

return (
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions packages/@react-spectrum/datepicker/test/DateField.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('DateField', function () {
);
await user.tab();
await user.keyboard('01011980');
expect(tree.getByText('Date unavailable.')).toBeInTheDocument();
expect(tree.getAllByText('Date unavailable.')[0]).toBeInTheDocument();
});

it('does not crash on unknown segment types', async () => {
Expand All @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ describe('DateField', function () {
<DateField label="Date" showFormatHelpText />
</Provider>
);

let segments = Array.from(getByRole('group').querySelectorAll('[data-testid]'));
let segmentTypes = segments.map(s => s.getAttribute('data-testid'));
expect(segmentTypes).toEqual(['year', 'month', 'day']);
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Expand Up @@ -55,14 +55,18 @@ export const Dynamic = {
render: (args) => <DynamicExample {...args} />
};

export const DynamicWithAriaLivePolite = {
render: (args) => <DynamicExample aria-live="polite" autoFocus={false} {...args} />
};

function DynamicExample(args) {
let [shown, setShown] = useState(false);

return (
<>
<Button variant="primary" onPress={() => setShown(!shown)}>{shown ? 'Hide Alert' : 'Show Alert'}</Button>
{shown &&
<InlineAlert {...args} autoFocus>
<InlineAlert autoFocus {...args}>
<Heading>{args.title}</Heading>
<Content>{args.content}</Content>
</InlineAlert>
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17 changes: 9 additions & 8 deletions packages/@react-spectrum/label/package.json
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"url": "https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum"
},
"dependencies": {
"@react-aria/i18n": "^3.12.10",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.1",
"@react-spectrum/form": "^3.7.16",
"@react-spectrum/layout": "^3.6.16",
"@react-spectrum/utils": "^3.12.6",
"@react-types/label": "^3.9.12",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.30.0",
"@spectrum-icons/ui": "^3.6.17",
"@react-aria/i18n": "^3.12.9",
"@react-aria/live-announcer": "^3.4.3",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.0",
"@react-spectrum/form": "^3.7.15",
"@react-spectrum/layout": "^3.6.15",
"@react-spectrum/utils": "^3.12.5",
"@react-types/label": "^3.9.11",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.29.1",
"@spectrum-icons/ui": "^3.6.16",
"@swc/helpers": "^0.5.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion packages/@react-spectrum/label/src/Field.tsx
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* OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
* governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*/

import {classNames, SlotProvider, useStyleProps} from '@react-spectrum/utils';
import {Flex} from '@react-spectrum/layout';
import {HelpText} from './HelpText';
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/intl/en-US.json
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{
"valid": "(valid)"
}
23 changes: 12 additions & 11 deletions packages/@react-spectrum/textfield/package.json
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"url": "https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum"
},
"dependencies": {
"@react-aria/focus": "^3.20.4",
"@react-aria/interactions": "^3.25.2",
"@react-aria/textfield": "^3.17.4",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.1",
"@react-spectrum/form": "^3.7.16",
"@react-spectrum/label": "^3.16.16",
"@react-spectrum/utils": "^3.12.6",
"@react-stately/utils": "^3.10.7",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.30.0",
"@react-types/textfield": "^3.12.3",
"@spectrum-icons/ui": "^3.6.17",
"@react-aria/focus": "^3.20.3",
"@react-aria/i18n": "^3.12.10",
"@react-aria/interactions": "^3.25.1",
"@react-aria/textfield": "^3.17.3",
"@react-aria/utils": "^3.29.0",
"@react-spectrum/form": "^3.7.15",
"@react-spectrum/label": "^3.16.15",
"@react-spectrum/utils": "^3.12.5",
"@react-stately/utils": "^3.10.6",
"@react-types/shared": "^3.29.1",
"@react-types/textfield": "^3.12.2",
"@spectrum-icons/ui": "^3.6.16",
"@swc/helpers": "^0.5.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
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