References

• Fixes [Deque Analysis] Submission form's "serious" accessibility issues #1187 (this is a backporting of Fix submission form's "serious" accessibility issues #4777)
• Requires [Port dspace-8_x] Change style for date pickers DSpace#11799

Description

Added a11y features for "serious" problems occurring in the submission form.

Instructions for Reviewers

List of changes in this PR:

• Added necessary aria attributes in order to pass axe accessibility tests;
• Implemented live region messages for the upload progressbar and for submission error messages.

To test/review the PR, check that the functionality of the submission form has not been altered, and that a11y tests now do not contain serious issues.

Checklist

• My PR is created against the main branch of code (unless it is a backport or is fixing an issue specific to an older branch).
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