From 6b6302f95e1bdfec9b5841f311b274ad658dbc2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: audrasjb <audrasjb@git.wordpress.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 21:52:10 +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.

Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@54136


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@53695 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/general-template.php | 4 ++--
 wp-includes/version.php          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/general-template.php b/wp-includes/general-template.php
index 444a2dcddf..acc3b5bda2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/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() )
 	);
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 062b451610..2650849f8a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-54135';
+$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-54136';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.