LabeledBy doesn't works in TextBlock | UWP

Question

Hello,

I want to add accessibility to my UWP app. There is a TextBlock and a button. When focus is on the button, Narrator does not read the TextBlock, even using AutomationProperties.LabeledBy.

For example:

<TextBlock Text="Privacy Notice" AutomationProperties.LabeledBy="{Binding ElementName=btnPrivacyNotice}"/>
<Button Name="btnPrivacyNotice" Content="Agree"/>

Answer 1

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LabeledBy doesn't works in TextBlock | UWP

Please refer to Labels and LabeledBy document. The preferred way to associate a label with a form element is to use a TextBlock with an x:Name for label text, and then to set the AutomationProperties.LabeledBy attached property on the form element to reference the labeling TextBlock by its XAML name.

So, you need to set AutomationProperties.LabeledBy for button but not for textblcok like the following

<TextBlock x:Name="Privacy_Notice" Text="Privacy Notice" />  
<Button Name="btnPrivacyNotice" Content="Agree"  AutomationProperties.LabeledBy="{Binding ElementName=Privacy_Notice}"/>  

Thank you.

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