Summary of Guidance

The guidance focuses on accessibility principles and includes recommendations for:

• Supporting standard system size, color, font, input settings, and accessibility options
• Enabling programmatic access to user interface elements and text
• Providing keyboard access to all features
• Exposing the location of the keyboard focus
• Providing equivalents for non-text elements
• Conveying information that does not rely on a single representation that utilizes a single sense (or perceptual capability)
• Avoiding flashing elements
• Enabling user control of timed information presentation and responses
• Ensuring consistency between interface elements and display items
• Creating accessible documentation about accessibility features