Narrator can't read Textblock in UWP app

Question

I have a popup that contains some control. Now I want the narrator to read "Save Settings(1/6) please name your favorite setting". Because these are TextBlock, can't focus, so the narrator doesn't
work.

What can I do?

Answer 1

Hello,

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A workaround is that you could use the AutomationProperties.LabeledBy attached property on the form element to reference the labeling TextBlock by its XAML name. After that, when the TextBox is getting focused, the Narrator will read the text of the TextBlock element.

Example code here:

 <Popup VerticalOffset="10" HorizontalOffset="200" x:Name="StandardPopup" >  
            <Border HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"  
                BorderThickness="2" Width="500" Height="200">  
                <StackPanel >  
                    <TextBlock Text="please name your favorite setting" HorizontalAlignment="Center" x:Name="TitleText" AutomationProperties.AutomationId="please name your favorite setting"/>  
                    <TextBox Width="200" Height="100" HorizontalAlignment="Center"  AutomationProperties.LabeledBy="{Binding ElementName=TitleText}"/>  
                    <Button Content="Close" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>  
                </StackPanel>  
            </Border>  
        </Popup>  

Thank you.

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