[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31095: Fill in support for screen-reader-text class

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#31095: Fill in support for screen-reader-text class
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 Reporter:  obenland       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Bundled Theme  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:  has-patch
  Focuses:  accessibility  |
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 Twenty Eleven and Twenty Twelve use custom classes for elements that are
 meant for screen readers only.

 Six years ago, r11312 introduced `.screen-reader-text` as a canonical
 class name for text targeted to screen readers for all of core. Not only
 for wp-admin, but also for the front-end through `get_search_form()`.

 We should add this class name for forward compatibility with features
 using this class, but also to make sure that child theme adding theme
 support for HTML5 features are not caught off guard, when the existing
 styles for assistive text doesn't apply.

 This will also provide a great teaching opportunity for us, encouraging
 theme authors to add styles for that class in themes that don't have it
 already. We could do that both at the time this change goes in, and when
 4.2 gets released.

 This is a spin-off from discussions in #29699.

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