JAWS does not announce the aria-describedby content on textareas when placeholder text is present

[beltonTPG]

Summary

When a textarea element has placeholder text, the content of an aria-describedby referenced element is not announced. If the textarea has an empty placeholder attribute (placeholder="") the aria-describedby reference element is announced as expected.

Example:

1. Go to the CodePen example below
2. Tab to the textarea elements

Expected result

JAWS should announce the content of the element referenced by the aria-describedby attribute.

Actual result

JAWS does not announce the content of the element referenced by the aria-describedby attribute.

Example

CodePen example

Additional Information

JAWS version and build number

Version 2021.2105.53 ILM

Operating System and version

Windows 10 Pro, version 21H1

Browser and version:

Google Chrome Version 91.0.4472.124

[JAWS-test]

The problem also occurs with Firefox and Edge. It is a JAWS issue because the information in the Accessibility API is correctly transmitted by the browsers. Thus, it does not occur with NVDA either.
Important: with textarea, the placeholder is also not output, but JAWS only says that the field would contain text (which is not true).

[StephenBeckettTPGi]

This issue has now been merged with #553 - closing.