Re: Visible controls (aka hidden controls)

Adding the qualifying exceptions for invisible controls is a really good change, and you’ve covered all the cases that immediately come to mind. 

Thanks Alastair at al.


> On Dec 8, 2020, at 4:22 PM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
>  
> I updated the draft based on our discussion today, you can see the changes:
> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/1557/files <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/1557/files>
>  
> And a previewed:
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/wcag/master/understanding/22/visible-controls.html <https://raw.githack.com/w3c/wcag/master/understanding/22/visible-controls.html>
>  
> I did a quick pass on updating the understanding document, but we still need to add some more information about the exceptions. (E.g. the example for skip links.)
>  
> AndrewK had a last minute suggestion of:
> “All functionality of the content can be operated by user interface components without requiring pointer hover or keyboard focus to first make the user interface components visible.”
>  
> But we didn’t have time to consider that sufficiently during the meeting.
>  
> If anyone has any thoughts or objections to this approach, please do comment here.
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> -Alastair
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