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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 1:00PM

On 19/11/2015 19:51, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 19/11/2015 18:17, Paul Adam wrote:
>> So WCAG is fine if let's say I make all my buttons operable with the
>> Escape key only. No enter or space bar must press escape to activate
>> the buttons. That would not fail keyboard operable? If not, WCAG
>> indeed has many loopholes.
>
> Bingo.

And to expand that: this is why there's a difference between
"conformance" and "accessibility" in many cases.

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