# \#accessibility

**URL:** https://community.gravityforms.com/tag/accessibility/2594.md

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## [Accessibily compliance issue on validation error message](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibily-compliance-issue-on-validation-error-message/19582)

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**Author:** [@emlebrun](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/emlebrun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibily-compliance-issue-on-validation-error-message/19582 "2025-07-14T18:27:09Z")

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Hello, Depending on where the form is displayed, the \<h2\> tag used in validation error message may cause an accessibility compliance issue. I strongly recommend updating the markup to replace \<h2\> with a paragaph \<p\> t…

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## [Reordering fields for blind form builders (accessibility issue)](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/reordering-fields-for-blind-form-builders-accessibility-issue/19235)

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**Author:** [@user672bc490eed83321](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user672bc490eed83321)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/reordering-fields-for-blind-form-builders-accessibility-issue/19235 "2025-04-15T17:02:05Z")

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Hi, We have several form builder who are blind and able to create and manage forms (mostly). One thing they are unable to do is reorder the fields on a form. This requires use of the mouse and cannot be done with the ke…

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## [ADA Requirements and Required Fields](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ada-requirements-and-required-fields/18600)

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**Author:** [@fergweb](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/fergweb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ada-requirements-and-required-fields/18600 "2024-12-06T20:31:20Z")

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Running ADA audits at: https://accessibe.com/ Getting errors for fields marked as “required” See attachment and the error message below Thanks in advance Mike “Required form fields should include aria-required=“true…

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## [Incorrect use of \<label for=FORM\_ELEMENT\>](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/incorrect-use-of-label-for-form-element/17724)

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**Author:** [@workky](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/workky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/incorrect-use-of-label-for-form-element/17724 "2024-07-01T02:29:40Z")

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Incorrect use of shows up as an error on our website Its for the captcha id field. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks

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## [Accessibly hiding field labels?](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibly-hiding-field-labels/16650)

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**Author:** [@FlynnZ](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/FlynnZ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibly-hiding-field-labels/16650 "2024-01-16T21:33:21Z")

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Hi GF community — I know we can hide the label for a field (like, say, an email address for a newsletter signup, with a placeholder like “Enter your email” on the field) by just setting “Field Label Visibility” to “Hidd…

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## [Success message after clicking on delete file upload](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/success-message-after-clicking-on-delete-file-upload/16197)

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**Author:** [@user5b9a8430aeb527.8](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5b9a8430aeb527.8)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/success-message-after-clicking-on-delete-file-upload/16197 "2023-11-10T02:20:31Z")

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For accessibility I need to display some form of success message when the user clicks on the delete option (trash can) for a file upload. Is there some way to hook into the delete function and display a message underneat…

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## [Accessibility for checkboxes and date input fields](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibility-for-checkboxes-and-date-input-fields/16204)

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**Author:** [@user5b9a8430aeb527.8](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5b9a8430aeb527.8)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibility-for-checkboxes-and-date-input-fields/16204 "2023-11-07T17:18:52Z")

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I am going through an accessibility audit at the minute and need to fix some issues on a form - specifically with labelling for checkboxes and date input fields. Is there a way to have the aria-label for a checkbox be b…

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## [Add your own fieldsets to a form](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/add-your-own-fieldsets-to-a-form/16109)

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**Author:** [@user5a08e5b2419934.6](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5a08e5b2419934.6)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/add-your-own-fieldsets-to-a-form/16109 "2023-10-25T23:09:46Z")

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Hi, has there been an update to GF to add your own fieldsets to a form? If not, does anyone know of way to accomplish this? This is a follow on from a closed help thread: Creating fieldset Thanks!

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## [Phone field accessibility issue](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-field-accessibility-issue/15809)

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**Author:** [@bibliocommons](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/bibliocommons)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/phone-field-accessibility-issue/15809 "2023-08-31T16:12:45Z")

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We’ve noticed an issue when using the Phone field where the format error message that displays underneath the field after submitting the form is not associated with the Phone field via “aria-describedby”. The “This fiel…

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## [Show Submit Button Only When Required Fields Not Empty](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/show-submit-button-only-when-required-fields-not-empty/15765)

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**Author:** [@tcgsa](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/tcgsa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/show-submit-button-only-when-required-fields-not-empty/15765 "2023-09-05T07:13:12Z")

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I was wondering whether there’s a snippet or plugin out there that would cause the submit button of a form to only be displayed once all visible required fields had been filled in or selected. It should ignore conditiona…

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## [Trouble editing form on an iPad \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/trouble-editing-form-on-an-ipad-resolved/15367)

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**Author:** [@user638161e8e3549945](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user638161e8e3549945)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/trouble-editing-form-on-an-ipad-resolved/15367 "2023-07-01T00:56:25Z")

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Hello, I’ll be traveling to Iceland later this year and I’m trying to avoid taking my main computer. The one item I cannot figure out is if I need to edit a Gravity Form because the current layout does not show the “Upd…

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## [Recaptcha V3 - ADA accessibility problems](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/recaptcha-v3-ada-accessibility-problems/14845)

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**Author:** [@user5b1968215ee8b2.8](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5b1968215ee8b2.8)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/recaptcha-v3-ada-accessibility-problems/14845 "2023-04-03T20:36:17Z")

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Hi - I was testing the plugin for recaptcha v3 support but had to stop because it caused ADA accessibility errors (missing form label) on all pages. According to the documentation, it sounds like v3 should not have such…

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## [Fieldset headings - Legends/labels](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/fieldset-headings-legends-labels/13061)

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**Author:** [@zarkas](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/zarkas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/fieldset-headings-legends-labels/13061 "2022-07-18T17:15:25Z")

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I noticed that some of the fields I added have headings (field labels) as labels while others are legends. For instance dropboxes has labels as headings, while checkboxe fields has legends as headings. Anyway to make s…

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## [The value of the for attribute of the label element must be the ID of a non-hidden form control](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/the-value-of-the-for-attribute-of-the-label-element-must-be-the-id-of-a-non-hidden-form-control/12935)

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**Author:** [@mager19](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/mager19)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/the-value-of-the-for-attribute-of-the-label-element-must-be-the-id-of-a-non-hidden-form-control/12935 "2022-06-29T03:53:12Z")

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Hi, I am validating a site with the tool https://validator.w3.org/ and I get the following error that I have not been able to solve, with a CAPTCHA type field, it says: The value of the for attribute of the label element…

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## [Creating fieldset](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/creating-fieldset/4943)

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**Author:** [@karelles](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/karelles)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/creating-fieldset/4943 "2021-06-29T08:32:13Z")

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I’m working on making a form accessible to WCAG 2.1 standards and one element of that is adding fieldsets and legends for my radio buttons and checkboxes. Thus far I haven’t been able to find out how to manually create t…

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## [Ability to use Google Recaptcha V3 with Gravity Forms \[RESOLVED\]](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ability-to-use-google-recaptcha-v3-with-gravity-forms-resolved/667)

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**Author:** [@dalereardon](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/dalereardon)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/ability-to-use-google-recaptcha-v3-with-gravity-forms-resolved/667 "2021-06-23T21:10:42Z")

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Hi, Currently GF only works with the very old now form of Google Recaptcha which is not good for accessibility - I am blind myself and lots of our site users are vision impaired. Google now has V3 of Recaptcha which no…

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## [ARIA minor issue on Consent field (according to Wave)](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/aria-minor-issue-on-consent-field-according-to-wave/9389)

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**Author:** [@tim\_green](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/tim_green)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/aria-minor-issue-on-consent-field-according-to-wave/9389 "2021-05-25T16:14:40Z")

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Hi These seems to be a small bug in the described by reference and target. I had this error prior to GF 2.5 and it is still there on a new form built in the new version. It may be a mistake in the way the Wave accessib…

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## [Price total looks like an edit-able field](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/price-total-looks-like-an-edit-able-field/9243)

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**Author:** [@roundspectrum](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/roundspectrum)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/price-total-looks-like-an-edit-able-field/9243 "2021-05-19T17:13:53Z")

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Just curious why after the 2.5 update, the price total now has a field look to it. All totals are outlined in a box as if it’s an input field for users to change the total. Just makes the checkout area appear misleading.…

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## [Aria tag issues with error display. Need to set aria-atomic="true"](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/aria-tag-issues-with-error-display-need-to-set-aria-atomic-true/8133)

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**Author:** [@user5a033fb89f46c9.4](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5a033fb89f46c9.4)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/aria-tag-issues-with-error-display-need-to-set-aria-atomic-true/8133 "2021-03-03T16:45:39Z")

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You’ll see in my attached screen capture that any error messages from an invalid form submission display the following opening div: \<div id="error" aria-live="assertive" role="alert"\> Issue : aria-atomic="true" is m…

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## [Form drop down accessibility](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/form-drop-down-accessibility/7530)

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**Author:** [@user5a32c6630c89a6.5](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/user5a32c6630c89a6.5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/form-drop-down-accessibility/7530 "2021-01-20T21:19:41Z")

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Hi! As part of our web site accessibility audits an issue was raised with a form dropdown. Apparently it needs to be ‘keyboard accessible’ with a WCAG code of e (2.1.1). I do not know how to do this. Those I have asked …

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## [Error message - make Colour Blind / Color Blind friendly](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/error-message-make-colour-blind-color-blind-friendly/5976)

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**Author:** [@HappyDays](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/HappyDays)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/error-message-make-colour-blind-color-blind-friendly/5976 "2020-09-02T14:56:59Z")

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Please consider adding an image / dashicon to the generic error message “This field is required” e.g (!) This field is required We have colour / color blind users that can’t see the red around the default error messa…

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## [Gravity Forms Survey addon not producing screen reader accessible form fields](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-survey-addon-not-producing-screen-reader-accessible-form-fields/2931)

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**Author:** [@dalereardon](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/dalereardon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-survey-addon-not-producing-screen-reader-accessible-form-fields/2931 "2020-07-31T16:21:18Z")

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Hi, I have created a form for a survey using the Gravity forms survey addon - the form includes radio buttons, checkboxes and combo (drop down selections). The form is here: I use the Jaws screen reader version 201…

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## [Field Tab order](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/field-tab-order/4312)

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**Author:** [@simonc](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/simonc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/field-tab-order/4312 "2020-04-02T14:23:03Z")

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Is it possible to customize the tabindex for individual fields? Some of my fields tab in an unexpected order that I’d like to adjust. Thank you!

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## [iFrame title attribute](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/iframe-title-attribute/4044)

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**Author:** [@JasonZ](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/JasonZ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/iframe-title-attribute/4044 "2020-02-27T22:44:55Z")

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Hello all, I submitted a ticket but realized I may not be the only person that has had this particular issue. Our site is subject to various federal laws. One of them being 508 accessibility. Which must follow WCAG 2.0 …

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## [Confirmation editor styling in WordPress 5.3 Kirk](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/confirmation-editor-styling-in-wordpress-5-3-kirk/3248)

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**Author:** [@inigomedia](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/inigomedia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/confirmation-editor-styling-in-wordpress-5-3-kirk/3248 "2019-11-15T19:57:45Z")

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Getting some strange screens in GravityForms confirmations and notifications - the WYSIWYG editor isn’t working properly - e.g. Looks like Automattic tested with the top 20 plugins, but Gravity Forms wasn’t one of them: …

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## [Tabbing to Select fields with enhanced user interface (chosen)](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/tabbing-to-select-fields-with-enhanced-user-interface-chosen/2460)

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**Author:** [@webaware](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/webaware)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/tabbing-to-select-fields-with-enhanced-user-interface-chosen/2460 "2019-08-14T23:41:11Z")

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G’day all, I don’t tend to use the “enhanced user interface” (Chosen) option for Select fields, but a current project is using them. For the life of me, I can’t see any easy way of making tab-to-next work with these bug…

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## [Gravity Forms v2.4.9 Released](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-9-released/1799)

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**Author:** [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-9-released/1799 "2019-05-08T16:18:01Z")

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2.4.9 Added security enhancements. Credit: Jan van der Put and Harm Blankers of REQON Security. Added accessibility enhancements to the date picker in the date field. Added additional information to logging messages for…

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## [Gravity Forms v2.4.7 Released](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-7-released/1478)

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**Author:** [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-7-released/1478 "2019-04-03T19:18:23Z")

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\------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 2.4.7 - Added security enhancements. - Added accessibility enhancements. - Added support for I…

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## [Gravity Forms v2.4.6 Released](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-6-released/1054)

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**Author:** [@chrishajer](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/chrishajer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/gravity-forms-v2-4-6-released/1054 "2019-02-14T15:04:36Z")

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Version 2.4.6 - Added security enhancements. - Added maxlength attribute to fields using textarea inputs when maximum character count is defined. - Added the gform\_field\_validation filter to the Repeater field. - Added a…

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## [Accessibility errors](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibility-errors/352)

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**Author:** [@webmgt](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/webmgt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/accessibility-errors/352 "2018-11-14T17:16:41Z")

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Hello, I’m having an issue with all my forms for the name & date advanced fields, I am getting the following accessibility errors Issue with the Advanced Feild (Name) A form control has more than one label associated …

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