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How to make a Power Apps add picture control accessible?

A camera to add a picture to an album!
A camera to add a picture to an album!

Introduction to the add picture control

Add picture controls are used to allow users to either click new pictures or upload existing pictures from the gallery on their device. To learn about its properties, click here.

Screen reader

  1. Set the Text property to help users understand the context.
  2. To announce when a picture is added, changed, or deleted, use a live label.

Keyboard tabbing

  1. Set the Tabindex property to 0.
  2. Set the FocusBorderThickness to a number greater than 0.

Color/contrast

  1. Set the FocusBorderColor with a contrast ratio of 3:1 with the background color.
  2. Set the Color property with a minimum luminosity contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the background color. There are several tools available to analyze contrast ratios. Click here for one such tool.

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