[Shortcut Guide]: CCA fails on place holder text at 'Exclude apps' edit field.

[DhananjaySaini007]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.45.0

Running as admin

• [ ] Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Shortcut Guide FancyZones Keyboard Manager

Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce Test Environment: OS: Windows 11 Version Dev App version: 0.45.0 App name: PowerToys Screen Reader: Narrator Tool: Colour Contrast Analyzer

Repro Steps:

1. Launch 'Powertoys' application.
2. Navigate to 'Shortcut Guide'.
3. Turn on Colour Contrast Analyzer(CCA).
4. Navigate to 'Exclude Apps' Edit field under 'Exclude apps' section.
5. Click a snip of the 'Exclude apps' editfield when on focus.
6. Observe the Contrast Ratio of the placeholder text when field is empty.

Note: Same issue repro with 'Exclude apps' under FancyZones. Same issue repro with 'All Apps' under Remap A shortcut.

User Impact: -> Visual user are impacted here as information is conveyed by it with help of Colors.

Guidelines Reference:- https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#non-text-contrast

Attachments:

✔️ Expected Behavior

Colour Contrast Ratio should be 4.5:1 on place holder text at 'Exclude apps' edit field.

❌ Actual Behavior

Colour Contrast Ratio is 3.3:1 > 4.5>1 on place holder text at 'Exclude apps' edit field.

Other Software

No response

[niels9001]

@crutkas this is a default WinUI control... flag there?

[donlaci]

Hi @DhananjaySaini007 Can you please check the stte with the latest version? It works for me, The color Contrast Analyser does not repor any issue on that pages. Thanks!

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