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Re: Does WCAG require that when you click a label it checks the checkbox or radio button?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 19, 2015 11:00AM

On 19/11/2015 17:07, Paul Adam wrote:
> It says All functionality is operable through keyboard interface. It does not say "and the Enter key alone is sufficient" or this or that key must work.

Is the Enter key part of the keyboard interface? Yes.

If a faked button reacts when the user hits Enter, and Enter is part of
the keyboard interface, does that mean that the faked button is operable
through keyboard interface? Yes.

> If it does not operate with the keyboard like a real <button> then how is it keyboard operable?

There is no normative requirement about "operating like a *real*" this
or the other in the SC.

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