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2.5.1 Multipath gestures query

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From: mhysnm1964@gmail.com
Date: Apr 30, 2020 4:38AM

All,

The 2.5.1 Multipath gesture
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/pointer-gestures.html> states
using left and right swipe gestures or z gestures are regarded as a failure.
The question I have which you see in a lot of applications for native mobile
programs:



1. Page scrolling - this could be a single finger or multiple finger
swipe gesture depending on OS and Assistive Tech being used.
2. Pickers where you have to perform a up and down swipe gesture to
change the value.

As I read this SC, the above are failures if there isn't another means of
supporting single point gestures. I wish to ensure that my thinking is on
the right path and does this means the mobile vendors documentation and/or
API's be adjusted (assuming I am correct with my understanding)?



Sean