[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31354: Compound settings confusing with screen readers (checkboxes)

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#31354: Compound settings confusing with screen readers (checkboxes)
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 Reporter:  Cheffheid                            |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.7
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  settings-api core-fields has-patch   |     Focuses:
  needs-testing                                  |  accessibility
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * milestone:  6.6 => 6.7


Comment:

 While I think this is a highly worthwhile change, I also think it has not
 had sufficient feedback to go into core this late as an enhancement.

 It may be reasonable to re-characterize this as a bug - the existing
 labeling is a poor experience, but is borderline as a bug. WCAG 3.3.2
 requires that fields have labels or instructions that describe the input;
 and whether that's true or not on these is open to discussion.

 I'll raise this issue in a bug scrub to determine whether it's viable to
 change to a bug for 6.6, but in the meanwhile I'm moving to 6.7.

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