[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35198: Adding this Widget and selecting "Display as Dropdown" will show the word Categories twice

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#35198: Adding this Widget and selecting "Display as Dropdown" will show the word
Categories twice
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 Reporter:  myBCN         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:  reporter-feedback => close
 * focuses:   => accessibility


Comment:

 Thanks for the screenshots, @jeffmcneill!

 That's correct, themes are ought to support `.screen-reader-text`, since
 core uses that multiple times on the front-end (e.g. in
 `get_search_form()`) and it's a general accessibility best practice.

 See https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2015/01/26/supporting-screen-reader-
 text/ and https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2015/02/09/hiding-text-
 for-screen-readers-with-wordpress-core/

 In the case of the categories widget, the label was added in [31520] to
 improve the overall accessibility of the default widget.

 This is not a bug in core, but one in the theme. It should simply support
 the `.screen-reader-text` CSS class.

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