- Success Criterion 2.1.4
- Conformance level A
Library’s Default Hotkeys Shipped With No Settings Toggle
2.1.4 — Character Key Shortcuts
Scenario
Setting
A recipe site's ingredient list
What’s wrong
Library defaults (hotkeys in players/mail apps) shipped enabled with no settings toggle.
Example
Picture a recipe site's ingredient list: library defaults (hotkeys in players/mail apps) shipped enabled with no settings toggle.
Why it matters
Speech-input users and people who press keys accidentally. Here, on a recipe site's ingredient list, the result is they get stuck and can't reach the control.
How to test
Check the app/player's settings for a hotkeys toggle: if shortcuts are enabled by default with no visible settings option, it fails.
How to fix
The single-key shortcut must be turn-off-able, remappable to include a modifier key, or active only when its control has focus.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a recipe site's ingredient list can now reach and operate the control without a mouse.
Who is affected
Speech-input users and people who press keys accidentally.
Learn more
- Understanding Understanding document (opens in a new tab)
Related scenarios
- Single-Letter Keyboard Shortcut With No Way to Turn It Off
- Global Single-Key Shortcut That Fires During Speech Dictation
- Shortcut Remapping That Doesn’t Allow Modifier Key Combinations
- Shortcut Toggle Setting That Resets on Every Page Load
- Keyboard Shortcut That Fires Even While Typing in a Field
- Shortcut Off-Switch Hidden Behind the Very Barrier It Fixes