- Success Criterion 2.5.1
- Conformance level A
- W3C reference F105
Feature Requiring a Swipe Gesture With No Tap Alternative
2.5.1 — Pointer Gestures
Scenario
Setting
An online clothing store's product listing page
What’s wrong
A feature requires drawing a path/swipe gesture and offers no simple tap/click alternative.
Example
A tester reviewing an online clothing store's product listing page finds this: a feature requires drawing a path/swipe gesture and offers no simple tap/click alternative.
Why it matters
People with limited hand mobility and users of head-pointers, sticks, or eye-gaze systems. The practical effect on an online clothing store's product listing page: they lose track of where they are on the page.
How to test
Try to complete the path-based/multi-point gesture using a single tap or click instead: if no equivalent exists anywhere in the UI, it fails.
How to fix
Offer a single-pointer alternative (buttons, taps) for every path-based gesture.
Outcome
That one change on an online clothing store's product listing page means they reach and operate the control without a mouse, specifically for the “Feature Requiring a Swipe Gesture With No Tap Alternative” issue on an online clothing store's product listing page.
Who is affected
People with limited hand mobility and users of head-pointers, sticks, or eye-gaze systems.
Learn more
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