diff --git a/admin/templates/setting.mustache b/admin/templates/setting.mustache
index a3a3a227f26..498aa2c3c1c 100644
--- a/admin/templates/setting.mustache
+++ b/admin/templates/setting.mustache
@@ -49,15 +49,28 @@
 }}
 <div class="form-item row" id="{{id}}">
     <div class="form-label col-sm-3 text-sm-right">
-        <label {{#labelfor}}for="{{labelfor}}"{{/labelfor}}>
-            {{{title}}}
-            {{#override}}
-                <div class="alert alert-info">{{override}}</div>
-            {{/override}}
-            {{#warning}}
-                <div class="alert alert-warning">{{warning}}</div>
-            {{/warning}}
-        </label>
+        {{#customcontrol}}
+            <p {{#labelfor}}id="{{labelfor}}_label"{{/labelfor}}>
+                {{{title}}}
+                {{#override}}
+                    <div class="alert alert-info">{{override}}</div>
+                {{/override}}
+                {{#warning}}
+                    <div class="alert alert-warning">{{warning}}</div>
+                {{/warning}}
+            </p>
+        {{/customcontrol}}
+        {{^customcontrol}}
+            <label {{#labelfor}}for="{{labelfor}}"{{/labelfor}}>
+                {{{title}}}
+                {{#override}}
+                    <div class="alert alert-info">{{override}}</div>
+                {{/override}}
+                {{#warning}}
+                    <div class="alert alert-warning">{{warning}}</div>
+                {{/warning}}
+            </label>
+        {{/customcontrol}}
         <span class="form-shortname d-block small text-muted">{{{name}}}</span>
     </div>
     <div class="form-setting col-sm-9">
@@ -72,3 +85,16 @@
         {{#dependenton}}<div class="form-dependenton mb-4 text-muted">{{{.}}}</div>{{/dependenton}}
     </div>
 </div>
+{{#customcontrol}}
+    {{#js}}
+        require(['jquery'], function($) {
+            $('#{{id}}_label').css('cursor', 'default');
+            $('#{{id}}_label').click(function() {
+                $('#{{id}}')
+                    .find('button, a, input:not([type="hidden"]), select, textarea, [tabindex]')
+                    .filter(':not([disabled]):not([tabindex="0"]):not([tabindex="-1"])')
+                    .first().focus();
+            });
+        });
+    {{/js}}
+{{/customcontrol}}
diff --git a/lib/adminlib.php b/lib/adminlib.php
index 1541db2f81a..fd87ec4b1db 100644
--- a/lib/adminlib.php
+++ b/lib/adminlib.php
@@ -1686,6 +1686,8 @@ abstract class admin_setting {
     private $forceltr = null;
     /** @var array list of other settings that may cause this setting to be hidden */
     private $dependenton = [];
+    /** @var bool Whether this setting uses a custom form control */
+    protected $customcontrol = false;
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -2081,6 +2083,16 @@ abstract class admin_setting {
     public function get_dependent_on() {
         return $this->dependenton;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this setting uses a custom form control.
+     * This function is especially useful to decide if we should render a label element for this setting or not.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function has_custom_form_control(): bool {
+        return $this->customcontrol;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -8925,6 +8937,7 @@ function format_admin_setting($setting, $title='', $form='', $description='', $l
     $context->description = highlight($query, markdown_to_html($description));
     $context->element = $form;
     $context->forceltr = $setting->get_force_ltr();
+    $context->customcontrol = $setting->has_custom_form_control();
 
     return $OUTPUT->render_from_template('core_admin/setting', $context);
 }
@@ -10384,6 +10397,7 @@ class admin_setting_configstoredfile extends admin_setting {
         $this->filearea = $filearea;
         $this->itemid   = $itemid;
         $this->options  = (array)$options;
+        $this->customcontrol = true;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/form/templates/element-group.mustache b/lib/form/templates/element-group.mustache
index 4664a090292..e9a5c058149 100644
--- a/lib/form/templates/element-group.mustache
+++ b/lib/form/templates/element-group.mustache
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@
 require(['jquery'], function($) {
     $('#{{element.id}}_label').css('cursor', 'default');
     $('#{{element.id}}_label').click(function() {
-        $('#{{element.id}}').find('button, a, input, select, textarea, [tabindex]:not([tabindex="-1"])').filter(':enabled').first().focus();
+        $('#{{element.id}}')
+            .find('button, a, input:not([type="hidden"]), select, textarea, [tabindex]')
+            .filter(':not([disabled]):not([tabindex="0"]):not([tabindex="-1"])')
+            .first().focus();
     });
 });
 {{/js}}