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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Oct 2, 2019 4:58AM

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One of the Sufficient Techniques for WCAG 2.0 SC 2.4.7 Focus Visible is G16=
5: 'Using the default focus indicator for the platform so that high visibil=
ity default focus indicators will carry over'. I can see the logic in the s=
tatement "so that high visibility default focus indicators will carry over"=
. But does anyone have any views on how important this is in practice? Do A=
T (e.g. screen magnification) users often change the default focus indicato=
r in a way that would be used in a browser but overridden by a web page aut=
hor using their own focus indicator? Do platform controls also do this and =
how widely used are they? I'd welcome insight from anyone with exposure to =
a lot of AT users.

I also note that another Sufficient Technique for SC 2.4.7 is G195: 'Using =
an author-supplied, highly visible focus indicator', and this is also a Suf=
ficient Technique for WCAG 2.1 SC 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast. In fact, this i=
s its only Sufficient Technique for achieving this with UI components and I=
can see how relying on the browser default may not be enough given that di=
fferent UI components may have different colours and may be presented on di=
fferent coloured backgrounds.

So that would seem to support following G195 rather than G165. Any thoughts=
?

Mark

Mark Magennis
Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
Accessibility Specialist
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