• 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 

pauseBtn.onclick = () => { ticker.style.display = "none"; };

Why it matters

A donor who pauses the impact ticker to read one story loses access to the rest of the stories for the whole visit.

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

Freezing content in place preserves access; hiding it removes access entirely.

pauseBtn.onclick = () => {
  clearInterval(scrollTimer);
  ticker.setAttribute('aria-live', 'off');
};
// ticker stays visible, just stops moving

Outcome

A donor reads one impact story fully, then resumes the ticker to see the rest.

Who is affected

Users who need extra reading time lose all ticker content permanently just for asking it to pause.

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