[Escalated to 2nd Tier] Add ID to form controls for accessibility

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[matthewC-9]

Hi there - when I run hidden link through the WAVE accessibility checker (hidden link), it says the search filters are missing labels. The input and selects do have names that match the "for" on the labels, but they ideally need to match an ID specifically (hidden link).

I'm adding the filters to the view like this:

<div class="form-group">
	<label for="wpv_post_search">[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]Keyword[/wpml-string]</label>
	[wpv-filter-search-box output="bootstrap"]
</div>
  <div class="form-group">
	<label for="wpv-resource-category">[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]Categories[/wpml-string]</label>
	[wpv-control-post-taxonomy taxonomy="resource-category" type="select" default_label="All categories" url_param="wpv-resource-category"]
</div>
<div class="form-group">
	<label for="wpv-resource-audience">[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]Audiences[/wpml-string]</label>
	[wpv-control-post-taxonomy taxonomy="resource-audience" type="select" default_label="All audiences" url_param="wpv-resource-audience"]
</div>
  <div class="form-group">
	<label for="wpv-access-type">[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]Access types[/wpml-string]</label>
	[wpv-control-post-taxonomy taxonomy="access-type" type="select" default_label="All access types" url_param="wpv-access-type"]
</div>

Is there a different way I could be doing this so the fields get added with IDs, and/or could adding the ID become an automatic part of the shortcode output?

thanks!
Sarah

[Nigel]

Hi Sarah

We already have some requests about modifying the markup of the generated form inputs in this way.

I'm adding this thread to the internal ticket about this to try and raise the priority.

When I have some time later I'll take a look at the source code myself to see if I can help expedite a solution for this issue.

[Nigel]

Just a note that I wasn't able to identify a way to make any changes to the form controls output without directly edited the plugin itself. But, having discussed with the developers, they have added it to the board for the current development sprint, so it will hopefully receive some attention before too long.

[matthewC-9]

Thank you, Nigel - much appreciated!

-Sarah