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name: accessibility
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description: Audit and improve web accessibility following WCAG 2.2 guidelines. Use when asked to "improve accessibility", "a11y audit", "WCAG compliance", "screen reader support", "keyboard navigation", or "make accessible".
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license: MIT
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metadata:
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author: web-quality-skills
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version: "1.1"
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---
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# Accessibility (a11y)
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Comprehensive accessibility guidelines based on WCAG 2.2 and Lighthouse accessibility audits. Goal: make content usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.
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## WCAG Principles: POUR
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| Principle | Description |
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|-----------|-------------|
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| **P**erceivable | Content can be perceived through different senses |
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| **O**perable | Interface can be operated by all users |
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| **U**nderstandable | Content and interface are understandable |
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| **R**obust | Content works with assistive technologies |
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## Conformance levels
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| Level | Requirement | Target |
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|-------|-------------|--------|
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| **A** | Minimum accessibility | Must pass |
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| **AA** | Standard compliance | Should pass (legal requirement in many jurisdictions) |
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| **AAA** | Enhanced accessibility | Nice to have |
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---
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## Perceivable
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### Text alternatives (1.1)
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**Images require alt text:**
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```html
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<!-- ❌ Missing alt -->
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<img src="chart.png">
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<!-- ✅ Descriptive alt -->
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<img src="chart.png" alt="Bar chart showing 40% increase in Q3 sales">
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<!-- ✅ Decorative image (empty alt) -->
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<img src="decorative-border.png" alt="" role="presentation">
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<!-- ✅ Complex image with longer description -->
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<figure>
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<img src="infographic.png" alt="2024 market trends infographic"
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aria-describedby="infographic-desc">
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<figcaption id="infographic-desc">
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<!-- Detailed description -->
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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```
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**Icon buttons need accessible names:**
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```html
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<!-- ❌ No accessible name -->
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<button><svg><!-- menu icon --></svg></button>
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<!-- ✅ Using aria-label -->
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<button aria-label="Open menu">
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<svg aria-hidden="true"><!-- menu icon --></svg>
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</button>
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<!-- ✅ Using visually hidden text -->
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<button>
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<svg aria-hidden="true"><!-- menu icon --></svg>
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<span class="visually-hidden">Open menu</span>
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</button>
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```
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**Visually hidden class:**
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```css
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.visually-hidden {
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position: absolute;
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width: 1px;
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height: 1px;
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padding: 0;
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margin: -1px;
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overflow: hidden;
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clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
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white-space: nowrap;
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border: 0;
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}
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```
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### Color contrast (1.4.3, 1.4.6)
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| Text Size | AA minimum | AAA enhanced |
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|-----------|------------|--------------|
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| Normal text (< 18px / < 14px bold) | 4.5:1 | 7:1 |
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| Large text (≥ 18px / ≥ 14px bold) | 3:1 | 4.5:1 |
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| UI components & graphics | 3:1 | 3:1 |
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```css
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/* ❌ Low contrast (2.5:1) */
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.low-contrast {
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color: #999;
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background: #fff;
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}
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/* ✅ Sufficient contrast (7:1) */
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.high-contrast {
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color: #333;
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background: #fff;
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}
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/* ✅ Focus states need contrast too */
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:focus-visible {
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outline: 2px solid #005fcc;
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outline-offset: 2px;
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}
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```
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**Don't rely on color alone:**
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```html
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<!-- ❌ Only color indicates error -->
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<input class="error-border">
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<style>.error-border { border-color: red; }</style>
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<!-- ✅ Color + icon + text -->
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<div class="field-error">
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<input aria-invalid="true" aria-describedby="email-error">
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<span id="email-error" class="error-message">
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<svg aria-hidden="true"><!-- error icon --></svg>
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Please enter a valid email address
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</span>
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</div>
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```
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### Media alternatives (1.2)
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```html
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<!-- Video with captions -->
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<video controls>
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<source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
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<track kind="captions" src="captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English" default>
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<track kind="descriptions" src="descriptions.vtt" srclang="en" label="Descriptions">
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</video>
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<!-- Audio with transcript -->
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<audio controls>
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<source src="podcast.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
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</audio>
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<details>
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<summary>Transcript</summary>
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<p>Full transcript text...</p>
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</details>
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```
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---
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## Operable
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### Keyboard accessible (2.1)
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**All functionality must be keyboard accessible:**
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```javascript
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// ❌ Only handles click
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element.addEventListener('click', handleAction);
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// ✅ Handles both click and keyboard
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element.addEventListener('click', handleAction);
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element.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
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if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
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e.preventDefault();
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handleAction();
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}
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});
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```
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**No keyboard traps.** Users must be able to Tab into and out of every component. Use the [modal focus trap pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#modal-focus-trap) for dialogs—the native `<dialog>` element handles this automatically.
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### Focus visible (2.4.7)
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```css
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/* ❌ Never remove focus outlines */
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*:focus { outline: none; }
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/* ✅ Use :focus-visible for keyboard-only focus */
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:focus {
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outline: none;
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}
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:focus-visible {
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outline: 2px solid #005fcc;
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outline-offset: 2px;
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}
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/* ✅ Or custom focus styles */
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button:focus-visible {
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box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(0, 95, 204, 0.5);
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}
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```
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### Focus not obscured (2.4.11) — new in 2.2
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When an element receives keyboard focus, it must not be entirely hidden by other author-created content such as sticky headers, footers, or overlapping panels. At Level AAA (2.4.12), no part of the focused element may be hidden.
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```css
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/* ✅ Account for sticky headers when scrolling to focused elements */
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:target {
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scroll-margin-top: 80px;
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}
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/* ✅ Ensure focused items clear fixed/sticky bars */
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:focus {
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scroll-margin-top: 80px;
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scroll-margin-bottom: 60px;
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}
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```
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### Skip links (2.4.1)
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Provide a skip link so keyboard users can bypass repetitive navigation. See the [skip link pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#skip-link) for full markup and styles.
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### Target size (2.5.8) — new in 2.2
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Interactive targets must be at least **24 × 24 CSS pixels** (AA). Exceptions: inline text links, elements where the browser controls the size, and targets where a 24px circle centered on the bounding box does not overlap another target.
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```css
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/* ✅ Minimum target size */
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button,
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[role="button"],
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input[type="checkbox"] + label,
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input[type="radio"] + label {
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min-width: 24px;
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min-height: 24px;
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}
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/* ✅ Comfortable target size (recommended 44×44) */
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.touch-target {
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min-width: 44px;
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min-height: 44px;
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display: inline-flex;
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align-items: center;
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justify-content: center;
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}
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```
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### Dragging movements (2.5.7) — new in 2.2
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Any action that requires dragging must have a single-pointer alternative (e.g., buttons, inputs). See the [dragging movements pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#dragging-movements) for a sortable-list example.
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### Timing (2.2)
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```javascript
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// Allow users to extend time limits
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function showSessionWarning() {
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const modal = createModal({
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title: 'Session Expiring',
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content: 'Your session will expire in 2 minutes.',
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actions: [
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{ label: 'Extend session', action: extendSession },
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{ label: 'Log out', action: logout }
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],
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timeout: 120000
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});
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}
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```
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### Motion (2.3)
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```css
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/* Respect reduced motion preference */
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@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
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*,
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*::before,
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*::after {
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animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
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animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
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transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
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scroll-behavior: auto !important;
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}
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}
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```
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---
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## Understandable
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### Page language (3.1.1)
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```html
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<!-- ❌ No language specified -->
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<html>
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<!-- ✅ Language specified -->
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<html lang="en">
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<!-- ✅ Language changes within page -->
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<p>The French word for hello is <span lang="fr">bonjour</span>.</p>
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```
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### Consistent navigation (3.2.3)
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```html
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<!-- Navigation should be consistent across pages -->
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<nav aria-label="Main">
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<ul>
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<li><a href="/" aria-current="page">Home</a></li>
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<li><a href="/products">Products</a></li>
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<li><a href="/about">About</a></li>
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</ul>
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</nav>
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```
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### Consistent help (3.2.6) — new in 2.2
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If a help mechanism (contact info, chat widget, FAQ link, self-help option) is repeated across multiple pages, it must appear in the **same relative order** each time. Users who rely on consistent placement shouldn't have to hunt for help on every page.
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### Form labels (3.3.2)
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Every input needs a programmatically associated label. See the [form labels pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#form-labels) for explicit, implicit, and instructional examples.
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### Error handling (3.3.1, 3.3.3)
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Announce errors to screen readers with `role="alert"` or `aria-live`, set `aria-invalid="true"` on invalid fields, and focus the first error on submit. See the [error handling pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#error-handling) for full markup and JS.
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### Redundant entry (3.3.7) — new in 2.2
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Don't force users to re-enter information they already provided in the same session. Auto-populate from earlier steps, or let users select from previously entered values. Exceptions: security re-confirmation and content that has expired.
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```html
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<!-- ✅ Auto-fill shipping address from billing -->
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<fieldset>
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<legend>Shipping address</legend>
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<label>
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<input type="checkbox" id="same-as-billing" checked>
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Same as billing address
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</label>
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<!-- Fields auto-populated when checked -->
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</fieldset>
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```
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### Accessible authentication (3.3.8) — new in 2.2
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Login flows must not rely on cognitive function tests (e.g., remembering a password, solving a puzzle) unless at least one of:
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- A copy-paste or autofill mechanism is available
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- An alternative method exists (e.g., passkey, SSO, email link)
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- The test uses object recognition or personal content (AA only; AAA removes this exception)
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```html
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<!-- ✅ Allow paste in password fields -->
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<input type="password" id="password" autocomplete="current-password">
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<!-- ✅ Offer passwordless alternatives -->
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<button type="button">Sign in with passkey</button>
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<button type="button">Email me a login link</button>
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```
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## Robust
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### ARIA usage (4.1.2)
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**Prefer native elements:**
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```html
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<!-- ❌ ARIA role on div -->
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<div role="button" tabindex="0">Click me</div>
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<!-- ✅ Native button -->
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<button>Click me</button>
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<!-- ❌ ARIA checkbox -->
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<div role="checkbox" aria-checked="false">Option</div>
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<!-- ✅ Native checkbox -->
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<label><input type="checkbox"> Option</label>
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```
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**When ARIA is needed,** use the correct roles and states. See the [ARIA tabs pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#aria-tabs) for a complete tablist example.
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### Live regions (4.1.3)
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Use `aria-live` regions to announce dynamic content changes without moving focus. See the [live regions pattern](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#live-regions-and-notifications) for markup and a `showNotification()` helper.
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---
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## Testing checklist
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### Automated testing
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```bash
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# Lighthouse accessibility audit
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npx lighthouse https://example.com --only-categories=accessibility
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# axe-core
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npm install @axe-core/cli -g
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axe https://example.com
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```
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### Manual testing
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- [ ] **Keyboard navigation:** Tab through entire page, use Enter/Space to activate
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- [ ] **Screen reader:** Test with VoiceOver (Mac), NVDA (Windows), or TalkBack (Android)
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- [ ] **Zoom:** Content usable at 200% zoom
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- [ ] **High contrast:** Test with Windows High Contrast Mode
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- [ ] **Reduced motion:** Test with `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce`
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- [ ] **Focus order:** Logical and follows visual order
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- [ ] **Target size:** Interactive elements meet 24×24px minimum
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See the [screen reader commands reference](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md#screen-reader-commands) for VoiceOver and NVDA shortcuts.
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---
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## Common issues by impact
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### Critical (fix immediately)
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1. Missing form labels
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2. Missing image alt text
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3. Insufficient color contrast
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4. Keyboard traps
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5. No focus indicators
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### Serious (fix before launch)
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1. Missing page language
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2. Missing heading structure
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3. Non-descriptive link text
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4. Auto-playing media
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5. Missing skip links
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### Moderate (fix soon)
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1. Missing ARIA labels on icons
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2. Inconsistent navigation
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3. Missing error identification
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4. Timing without controls
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5. Missing landmark regions
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## References
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- [WCAG 2.2 Quick Reference](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/)
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- [WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/)
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- [Deque axe Rules](https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/)
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- [Web Quality Audit](../web-quality-audit/SKILL.md)
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- [WCAG criteria reference](references/WCAG.md)
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- [Accessibility code patterns](references/A11Y-PATTERNS.md)
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