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Re: Web application - shortcut to manual

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From: Miriam Fukushima
Date: Jul 9, 2019 10:51AM

Thank you so much for the clarification. That helped a lot!

Kind regards, Miriam

On 09.07.2019 11:45, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 09/07/2019 10:20, Miriam Fukushima wrote:
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> That is the criteria I was referring to.
>>
>> Can a shortcut key then be considered as an alternative for the
>> visual button? So that the button doesn't have to be accessible, only
>> for mouse users.
>>
>> Because the visual indicator is a requirement of the application's
>> concept, too.
>
> Nominally, I think that yes, you can argue that while the visible
> button is not keyboard-focusable/actionable (I assume), the same
> functionality can be triggered using the keyboard by pressing F1, so
> 2.1.1 Keyboard is nominally satisfied.
>
> However, it may be confusing for sighted/partially-sighted keyboard
> users nonetheless.
>
> It probably depends on how long/complex the form is. If it's only a
> handful of fields, I'd say that perhaps having an actual focusable
> button next to each field that triggers the help is ok (even though it
> adds a few extra tab stops). Whereas if the form is very long,
> doubling the number of focus stops needed to complete it may end up
> harming/inconveniencing keyboard users again as well. This is possibly
> something that falls more in the usability/user testing side of the
> debate...
>
> P