[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29699: add_theme_support( 'screen-reader-text' );

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#29699: add_theme_support( 'screen-reader-text' );
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 Reporter:  GaryJ        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 I'm entirely in favor of having the styles enqueued into themes by core.
 It's a tiny quantity of styles, we can make them easy to override, and
 users have a seamless experience. This is far from being the only code
 injected by core; anytime a user makes use of MediaElementJS they're
 pulling in styles and scripts from core. This is unique in that it's
 getting pulled in globally, but it's not a major issue.

 >Break one person's carefully made layout in the name of accessibility,
 and they'll never again think of accessibility as a good thing. What
 they're going to think instead is that you broke their site in order to
 help blind people.

 This is a very real concern to me, as well. Accessibility has had a
 struggle for years getting people to understand that it can be done
 effectively without having significant impact on their designs (outside of
 color contrast issues) - the last thing we need is to reinforce that
 negative experience. Thanks for expressing that, Otto.

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