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Re: 2.5.1 Multipath gestures query
From: Jonathan Avila
Date: May 4, 2020 1:55PM
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> Also, that page does not state that using left and right swipe gestures or z gestures are regarded as a failure. Did you read that somewhere else?
My read of the criterion is that a swipe gestures such as a web site specific swipe in from the left of the screen to display a menu would be a failure unless there was an alternative such as a button, etc.
Jonathan
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Neither of those is a failure for the following reasons:
1. The Success Criterion applies to gestures in the author-provided content, not gestures defined by the operating system, user agent, or assistive technology.
2. Pickers do not require a path based gesture. Only the start and end points matter, not any intermediate points.
Also, that page does not state that using left and right swipe gestures or z gestures are regarded as a failure. Did you read that somewhere else?
Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd
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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
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