• Success Criterion 2.1.4
  • Conformance level A

Shortcut Off-Switch Hidden Behind the Very Barrier It Fixes

2.1.4 — Character Key Shortcuts

Scenario

Setting

A food delivery app's restaurant menu

What’s wrong

"Turn off" setting hidden behind the very interaction pattern users can't perform.

Example

Here's what happens on a food delivery app's restaurant menu: "Turn off" setting hidden behind the very interaction pattern users can't perform.

Why it matters

Speech-input users and people who press keys accidentally. On a food delivery app's restaurant menu, this barrier means they get stuck and can't reach the control.

How to test

Try to reach the 'turn off shortcuts' setting using only the method a shortcut-disabled user would have: if reaching the setting itself requires the very interaction the shortcuts block, 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

Corrected, a food delivery app's restaurant menu now lets a visitor complete the task using only the keyboard.

Who is affected

Speech-input users and people who press keys accidentally.

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