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Re: mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen

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From: Steve Green
Date: Sep 8, 2023 12:56PM

No, it's not enough. Some people use keyboard navigation (usually with Bluetooth keyboards) on mobile devices, with and without screen readers.

It would be WCAG conformant to make the buttons appear on focus, as is common with "Skip to content" links. Only user testing will tell you if people have usability issues with that.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Mike Warner
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Subject: [WebAIM] mobile version of site and horizontal scroll arrows for content that extends off the screen

Hi all,

one of my support team noticed that one of our websites has arrows on each side of a horizontally scrollable series of course icons, but the mobile version does not have those arrows. I believe that this was done intentionally, but I don't recall. Do we need the arrows for mobile user accessibility, or is it enough that they can swipe left or right to achieve the same result as tapping an arrow?

Thanks,
Mike

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge Learning