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Re: Accessibility of separate button on search suggestions flyout with Keyboard

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 12, 2023 11:25AM

> I believe that any item on the page that can be clicked with the mouse
should also be accessible from the keyboard

While that's certainly the ideal situation, that's not what 2.1.1 says. As
you quoted, "*all functionality *of the content must be operable through a
keyboard interface".

The key being "all functionality". It does not say all interactive elements
must be operable with a keyboard.

So in your case, if there was another way to view all results besides
clicking on the "view all" button and that other way supported the
keyboard, then technically the "view all" button does not have to be
keyboard accessible. I would not encourage that behavior, but it's allowed.

> I am wondering if this is a serious violation?

If there's no other (keyboard) way to view all results, then absolutely
it's serious. If there is another way, then it's not a WCAG failure but
could still be an annoyance for some users, depending on how difficult it
is to get to the other way.

All WCAG failures are going to be serious to some user, otherwise it
wouldn't be a failure.