Bow Tie Kreative WCAG Grammar

Registry · Operable

2.1.1 — Keyboard

Level A Operable

Operational summary

IF content provides functionality, make it operable through a keyboard interface without precisely timed keystrokes. Only functions intrinsically dependent on the movement path qualify for the path exception; choosing drag as an input technique does not create an 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": "2.1.1",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "Keyboard",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-2-1-1",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#keyboard",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/keyboard.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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