• Success Criterion 2.5.7
  • Conformance level AA

File Upload Available Only Through Drag and Drop

2.5.7 — Dragging Movements

Scenario

Setting

A video streaming service's show detail page

What’s wrong

File upload via drag-drop only (no file-picker button).

Example

During an audit of a video streaming service's show detail page: file upload via drag-drop only (no file-picker button).

Why it matters

People with limited dexterity and switch, eye-gaze, or voice users who cannot drag. On a video streaming service's show detail page specifically, they lose track of where they are on the page.

How to test

Try uploading a file via a file-picker button instead of drag-and-drop: if drag-drop is the only method, it fails.

How to fix

A single-pointer, non-dragging alternative (buttons, menu option, tap) must exist for the drag operation.

Outcome

Fixed, a visitor to a video streaming service's show detail page can reach and operate the control without a mouse.

Who is affected

People with limited dexterity and switch, eye-gaze, or voice users who cannot drag.

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