Hiding Labels

In some cases you might want to hide labels so that they do not appear on screen but are still read by screen readers when Accessibility Layout option is set to Screen Reader On mode. For example, a currency field that appears to the right of an amount field may not require a visible label for sighted users. However, people who are blind or visually impaired often navigate to fields from a list of fields that the screen reader generates, so each field requires a label.

To hide labels while still enabling screen readers to access them:

1. Open the properties for the page control or page field in PeopleSoft Application Designer.

2. On the Label tab, make sure that a label is selected and change the style to PTTRANSPARENT.

   This style is set up to be invisible except for users in Screen Reader On mode.

   Note:

   If you use PTTRANSPARENT for a check box label, make sure that no fields are close to the check box label, even though it is transparent, because it might overlap the field.