Remove setting aria-hidden

Chromium actively ignores this attribute on file inputs and throws a warning in the console
alphagov · Oct 21, 2024 · 6ab7ef8 · 6ab7ef8
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Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/file-upload/file-upload.mjs b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/file-upload/file-upload.mjs
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ export class FileUpload extends GOVUKFrontendComponent {
     this.$button = $button
     this.$status = $status
 
-    // with everything set up, apply attributes to programmatically hide the input
-    this.$root.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true')
+    // Prevent the hidden input being tabbed to by keyboard users
     this.$root.setAttribute('tabindex', '-1')
 
     // Bind change event to the underlying input