RE: Does the YouTube video player fail SC 2.1.4?

SC 2.1.4 is met if any of the following applies: 

 

* Turn off

* A mechanism is available to turn the shortcut off;

* Remap

* A mechanism is available to remap the shortcut to include one or more non-printable keyboard keys (e.g., Ctrl, Alt);

* Active only on focus

* The keyboard shortcut for a user interface component is only active when that component has focus.

 

Condition #3 seems to apply here, as the video player is a single component of your page or interface – and the accesskeys available for the player cannot be invoked without focus on that component.

 

Interestingly enough, Condition #3 is NOT applicable on YouTube’s default video player when viewing content on their website, as these accesskeys are active regardless of where focus is on the page.

 

Thanks,

Justin

 

 

 

From: Gerard Copinga <gerard@technobility.nl> 
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 4:29 AM
To: W3C WAI ig <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Does the YouTube video player fail SC 2.1.4?

 

Hello all,

 

if you embed a YouTube video on a webpage the videoplayer uses single key character shortcuts. For instance the 'k' to pause the video and the 'c' to enable or disable captions. So, the videoplayer would fail this succes criterion

 

We have a discussion on wether the exception "Active only on focus" is applicable here. The shortcuts only work when keyboard focus is in the videoplayer (on the YouTube webpage in the iframe). If the keyboard focus is outside the video (on the rest of the webpage) the shortcuts no longer work.

 

Can the videoplayer be seen as a single control for a distinct function (watch the video) or not? 

 

Any thoughts are welcome.


 

Met vriendelijke groet,

 

Gerard Copinga

 

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