Solved Date field accessible name is overridden by the help text

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Form controls that ask for dates (with data-xf-init="date-input") generally seem to be associated with their labels correctly, but the use of aria-label on the form controls (to provide the 'Use the arrow keys to pick a date' help text) overrides the label – the accessible name for these controls ends up as just 'Use the arrow keys to pick a date' and the context of what the field is for is lost.

It would be more appropriate to make this help text part of the accessible...

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