- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 18:48:48 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 07/11/2019 17:28, Rasor, Margaret wrote: > Good morning, > > I encountered a situation while I was using the mouse to first identify > all interactive elements in a UI before checking them with the keyboard. > > When hovering over unavailable menu items using the mouse, the hand > cursor did not change and provide a sighted user with the visual cue > that the item was unavailable. The text for unavailable items was only > slightly lighter than the text for available menu items so the visual > cue from text was weak. > > When hovering over available items, the hand cursor was still there, > plus there was color highlighting on the background of the available > menu items that gave the user a visual cue that the item was available. > > However, when hovering over an unavailable button on the same page, the > cursor was a pointer instead of the hand icon, and when hovering over an > available button the hand cursor was visible. > > My question is - shouldn't the cursor be considered a visual cue that is > required to have consistent behavior? I was thinking this was a failure > of 1.4.1. Use of Color, and also a failure of 1.3.1. Info & Relationships. No, none of these issues are WCAG failures per se, I would say. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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