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Re: [platform-ui-dev] Accessibility question regarding Labels/Text

Why does the Accessibility tips.html page recommends against using labels,
and recommends read-only Text instead?

The control that is being labeled, such as a Text control, is capable of
returning the same string used on the label as an accessibility
description.
Use of a read-only Text control is annoying to the sighted keyboard user
because if *barely* shows you where focus is and it increases the number of
times one has to press the Tab key.

In cases where a Label is not labeling any focusable control, why not use a
CLabel and make CLabels focusable.  It *should* support focus using a more
visible focus Rectangle instead of a tiny blinking caret.



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