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Discover how to ensure your label focus styles are only visible when accessed via keyboard. Improve accessibility and user experience with this simple solution.
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Making Focus Style Visible Only on Keyboard Interaction

When building accessible web applications, it's essential to understand how focus styles work, especially for form elements. One common issue developers face is ensuring that the focus styles of a label wrapping a hidden input are displayed only when the label is focused using the keyboard and not when it is clicked with a mouse. This is not only a matter of aesthetics but also of usability for keyboard-only users. In this post, we will walk you through the steps to achieve this behavior effectively.

The Problem

You have a label that wraps an input element (which is visually hidden) and would like to apply a focus style that is only visible when focused via keyboard. In default behavior, focus styles sometimes appear for mouse clicks as well, which can confuse users who navigate using just a keyboard. Let's tackle this challenge by updating our CSS.

Understanding the Code

Here's a basic example of how the current setup looks, including HTML and CSS components before we make changes:

Original Code

HTML Structure

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CSS Styles

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This setup makes the label's focus style visible when clicked with a mouse or focused via keyboard. We want to refine it so that the style is only applied when the input within the label is focused via keyboard.

The Solution

Step 1: Update Your CSS

To achieve the desired effect, we need to modify our CSS styles related to our label and the hidden input within it. Here's how we can update the CSS:

Updated CSS Styles

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Explanation of Changes

Label Styling: We ensured the label has a relative position to position elements accurately inside it.

Visually Hidden Input: We adjusted the .visually-hidden class to ensure it takes up no space but remains accessible for focus-related purposes.

Keyboard-Only Focus Styles: By utilizing focus-visible, we guarantee that the focus outline only appears when the input is focused through the keyboard (like the tab key) and not when clicked.

Step 2: Final HTML Structure

Your HTML structure remains largely the same, but be sure to incorporate the new styles.

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Conclusion

By adjusting your CSS styles as shown, you can effectively make the label's focus style visible exclusively during keyboard navigation. This not only enhances the accessibility of your web applications but also ensures a seamless user experience for those who depend on keyboard navigation. Remember, accessibility is key to reaching a broader audience, and small adjustments like these make a significant difference. Happy coding!