For accessibility (a11y) we need access to TextBlock items with the keyboard (Tab). How can we manage that?

Question

For our project we need to make an UWP application and it must be accessible for blind people. But we have a problem with static texts.

TextBlock is not derived from Control, so it's not Focusable. We tried to wrap it within a ContentControl, but that doesn't work either.

        <ContentControl
            x:Name="textBlock"
            Grid.Row="1"
            Margin="24,0,0,24"
            HorizontalAlignment="Left"
            VerticalAlignment="Top"
            IsFocusEngagementEnabled="True"
            IsTabStop="True"
            TabIndex="20">
            <TextBlock IsTextSelectionEnabled="True" TextWrapping="Wrap">
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           </TextBlock>
        </ContentControl>

How can we get static text into the accessibility tree so the user can navigate to it with the keyboard and can hear the text?

Answer 1

When you use the arrow keys when holding de Caps Lock or Insert Button the text items are accessible and Narrator is reading the text.

So problem solved