From 349f58d6c405a6546b482cfa3ade005df478ee1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sem pruijs <19208988+sempruijs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 11:25:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix message composer textfield accessibility label (#688)

---
 .../Screens/RoomScreen/View/MessageComposerTextField.swift      | 2 ++
 changelog.d/pr-688.bugfix                                       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/pr-688.bugfix

diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/View/MessageComposerTextField.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/View/MessageComposerTextField.swift
index 5e13010ce..58af79037 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/View/MessageComposerTextField.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/View/MessageComposerTextField.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct MessageComposerTextField: View {
                           isMultiline: $isMultiline,
                           maxHeight: maxHeight,
                           onEnterKeyHandler: onEnterKeyHandler)
+            .accessibilityLabel(placeholder)
             .background(placeholderView, alignment: .topLeading)
     }
     
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ struct MessageComposerTextField: View {
         if showingPlaceholder {
             Text(placeholder)
                 .foregroundColor(placeholderColor)
+                .accessibilityHidden(true)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/changelog.d/pr-688.bugfix b/changelog.d/pr-688.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed74a7c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/pr-688.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hide the message composer textfield placeholder for VoiceOver users by Sem Pruijs