- Success Criterion 2.2.2
- Conformance level A
News Ticker Where Pausing Permanently Hides the Content
2.2.2 — Pause, Stop, Hide
Scenario
Setting
A nonprofit's donation form
What’s wrong
News tickers where pausing hides content permanently (mechanism must not destroy access).
Example
On a nonprofit's donation form: news tickers where pausing hides content permanently (mechanism must not destroy access).
Why it matters
People with attention disabilities, low vision, or screen-reader users who lose place when content moves. On a nonprofit's donation form specifically, they can't keep up with content that won't pause.
How to test
Activate a news ticker's pause control: if pausing also permanently hides the content rather than just freezing it, it fails.
How to fix
A visible, keyboard-usable control must pause, stop, or hide the moving, blinking, or auto-updating content.
Outcome
Fixed, a visitor to a nonprofit's donation form can read the content without losing their place.
Who is affected
People with attention disabilities, low vision, or screen-reader users who lose place when content moves.
Learn more
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- Auto-Scrolling Ticker or Slider With No Pause Button
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- Content That Blinks Past 5 Seconds With No Stop Control
- Auto-Rotating Carousel Running Past 5 Seconds With No Pause
- Autoplaying Background Video With No Way to Pause It