Registry · Operable

2.2.2 — Pause, Stop, Hide

Level A Operable

Operational summary

IF automatic moving/blinking/scrolling information lasts over five seconds beside other content, provide pause/stop/hide unless essential. Automatic parallel information updates need pause/stop/hide or frequency control unless essential; this second branch has no five-second grace period.

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": "2.2.2",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "Pause, Stop, Hide",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-2-2-2",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#pause-stop-hide",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/pause-stop-hide.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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