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From: Mike Warner
Date: Sep 8, 2023 12:22PM
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"</a></li> <li><strong>Next message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49422">Steve Green: "Re: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> None</li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10863">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> <hr> Hi all,<br /> <br /> one of my support team noticed that one of our websites has arrows on each<br /> side of a horizontally scrollable series of course icons, but the<br /> mobile version does not have those arrows. I believe that this was done<br /> intentionally, but I don't recall. Do we need the arrows for mobile user<br /> accessibility, or is it enough that they can swipe left or right to achieve<br /> the same result as tapping an arrow?<br /> <br /> Thanks,<br /> Mike<br /> <br /> Mike Warner<br /> Director of IT Services<br /> MindEdge Learning <hr> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49422">Steve Green: "Re: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49420">L Snider: "Re: Providing accessible names with <title>"</a></li> <li><strong>Next message in Thread:</strong> <a href="mail_message?id=49422">Steve Green: "Re: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen"</a></li> <li><strong>Previous message in Thread:</strong> None</li> <li><a href="mail_thread?thread=10863&id=49421#49421">View all messages in this Thread</a></li> </ul> </div> <script> document.title = "WebAIM List: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen"; document.querySelector("#maincontent > h1").textContent="WebAIM List: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen"; </script> </article> <!-- --> <aside id="articlemeta"> </aside> </main> <footer> <div id="footerresources"> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="copyright">©2025 WebAIM</h2> <p id="contact"> Utah State University<br> 6807 Old Main Hill<br> Logan, UT 84322-6807<br> <a class="phone" href="tel:4357977024">435.797.7024</a></p> <div id="checkpage"> <h2>Check Your Accessibility</h2> <form action="https://wave.webaim.org/report" novalidate> <label for="waveurl">Web site address:</label> <input type="url" id="waveurl" name="url" title="Web site address"> <input type="submit" value="WAVE"> </form> </div> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="blog">From the Blog</h2> <ul><li><a href="/blog/up-and-coming-aria/">Up and Coming ARIA </a></li><li><a href="/blog/salary-survey-results/">Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey Results</a></li><li><a href="/blog/join-the-discussion/">Join the Discussion—From Your Inbox</a></li><li><a href="/blog/severity-ratings/">Using Severity Ratings to Prioritize Web Accessibility Remediation</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="footerblock"> <h2 id="popular">Popular Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/training/virtual">WebAIM Training</a></li> <li><a href="/standards/wcag/checklist">WCAG 2 Checklist</a></li> <li><a href="/newsletter">WebAIM Monthly Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/contrastchecker">Color Contrast Checker</a></li> <li><a href="/resources/designers/">Web Accessibility for Designers</a></li> <li><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footerlinks"> <ul> <li><a id="footercontact" href="/contact">Contact</a></li> <li><a id="footerabout" href="/about">About</a></li> <li><a id="footerrss" href="/community/rss">RSS Feeds</a></li> <li><a id="footertwit" href="http://twitter.com/webaim">Twitter</a></li> <li><a id="footercopyright" href="/copyright">Copyright & Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>