Registry · Perceivable

1.4.13 — Content on Hover or Focus

Level AA Perceivable

Operational summary

IF hover/focus reveals additional content, keep it available long enough, allow pointer entry when hover-triggered, and enable dismissal without moving hover/focus when required. Check the dismissal exceptions for error messages or non-obscuring content, and the unmodified-browser-presentation exception.

This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.

Primary sources

Registry record

Applicability and assessment start unset by design — no product has been evaluated. Instantiate the entry for an actual product, assign an owner and retain evidence.

data/wcag22-aa-registry.json

{
  "criterion_id": "1.4.13",
  "level": "AA",
  "name": "Content on Hover or Focus",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-1-4-13",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#content-on-hover-or-focus",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/content-on-hover-or-focus.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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