- Success Criterion 1.4.13
- Conformance level AA
Auto-Hiding Hover Content That Times Out Before It’s Read
1.4.13 — Content on Hover or Focus
Scenario
Setting
A telehealth app's video-visit waiting room
What’s wrong
Auto-hiding toast-style hover content timed out before it can be read (not persistent).
Example
Consider a telehealth app's video-visit waiting room: auto-hiding toast-style hover content timed out before it can be read (not persistent).
Why it matters
Screen-magnifier users, people with motor tremors, and keyboard-only users of tooltips/menus. The practical effect on a telehealth app's video-visit waiting room: they miss information conveyed only by color.
How to test
Trigger hover content and time it: if it auto-hides (like a toast) before a normal reading pace could finish it, it fails.
How to fix
Hover/focus-triggered content must stay visible until dismissed, be dismissible with Esc without moving pointer/focus, and remain when the pointer moves onto it.
Outcome
That one change on a telehealth app's video-visit waiting room means they read the text clearly against its background, specifically for the “Auto-Hiding Hover Content That Times Out Before It's Read” issue on a telehealth app's video-visit waiting room.
Who is affected
Screen-magnifier users, people with motor tremors, and keyboard-only users of tooltips/menus.
Learn more
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