🎨 Palette: Add aria-invalid to Astro Input component on error

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💡 What: Added aria-invalid attribute to the Input.astro component based on error state\n🎯 Why: Ensures screen readers are properly notified when an input has validation errors\n📸 Before/After: N/A\n♿ Accessibility: Bound aria-invalid state to the existing error boolean prop

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Summary by cubic

Add aria-invalid to src/components/ui/Input.astro when error is true so screen readers announce validation errors. Omit the attribute otherwise; no visual or API changes.

^{Written for commit 7ed041c. Summary will update on new commits.}

Summary by Sourcery

New Features:

• Expose input validation state via the aria-invalid attribute when the error prop is set.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Enhanced accessibility for input fields by properly communicating error states to assistive technologies.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Input.astro component was enhanced to conditionally render the aria-invalid attribute on the input element. When the error prop is truthy, the attribute is set to "true"; otherwise it remains undefined.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Accessibility Enhancement src/components/ui/Input.astro	Added conditional aria-invalid attribute binding to input element based on error prop state.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

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Poem

🐰 An input so fine, now speaks with care,
When errors arise, the aria declares,
"Invalid!" it cries with semantic flair,
Accessibility blooms in the digital air! ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: adding aria-invalid attribute to the Input component conditionally based on the error prop.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Reviewer's Guide

Adds ARIA invalid state handling to the Astro Input component by binding the existing error prop to an aria-invalid attribute on the underlying element, improving accessibility without changing visual behavior or the public API.

Sequence diagram for Astro Input error state and aria-invalid handling

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant App
  participant AstroInput
  participant Browser
  participant ScreenReader

  User->>App: Submit_form_with_invalid_input
  App->>AstroInput: Render_input(error=true)
  AstroInput->>AstroInput: Bind_error_prop_to_aria_invalid
  AstroInput-->>Browser: Render_input_element(aria-invalid=true)
  Browser-->>ScreenReader: Expose_aria_invalid_state
  ScreenReader-->>User: Announce_input_has_validation_error

  User->>App: Correct_input_value_and_resubmit
  App->>AstroInput: Render_input(error=false)
  AstroInput-->>Browser: Render_input_element_without_aria_invalid
  Browser-->>ScreenReader: Update_accessibility_tree
  ScreenReader-->>User: Stop_announcing_error_for_input

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File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Bind the existing error prop to the input’s aria-invalid attribute for accessibility.	Add conditional aria-invalid attribute to the input element that is set to "true" when error is truthy and omitted otherwise Keep all existing styling and behavior, including error-dependent border and focus ring classes, unchanged	src/components/ui/Input.astro

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[charliecreates]

No issues found in the modified code. The conditional aria-invalid behavior correctly reflects the error state and avoids emitting the attribute when not needed.

Summary of changes

Summary

• Updated src/components/ui/Input.astro to conditionally add aria-invalid="true" when the error prop is set (and omit the attribute otherwise).

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No issues found across 1 file

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Pull request overview

This PR improves the accessibility of the shared Input.astro UI component by reflecting its existing error state via the ARIA aria-invalid attribute, allowing assistive technologies to correctly announce invalid inputs.

Changes:

• Add aria-invalid="true" when the error prop is truthy (and omit the attribute otherwise).

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