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Re: should you override the user's setting of smooth scrolling?
From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 2, 2018 1:56AM
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On 02/10/2018 00:23, glen walker wrote:
> I think this is more of a UX issue than an accessibility issue, but if I
> turn off smooth scrolling in my browser because I'm sensitive to motion,
> such as turning off parallax effects, but a page has javascript to force
> smooth scrolling, is that an accessibility issue? It might fall under
> 2.3.3 in WCAG 2.1. If not, it still doesn't feel right.
I'd say it applies, as it's an animation (the smooth animated scroll)
from interaction (using mouse wheel / scroll event / SPACE bar /
clicking an in-page anchor / etc.)
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