Fwd: Re: W3C Recommendations Pointer Question

Hi there WAI team,

Can you help us with this? See thread.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>
Date: 28 Feb 2024 at 15.59 +0100
To: Oliver Odgaard <olod@mapspeople.com>
Subject: Re: W3C Recommendations Pointer Question

> Sorry, I didn't understand you were looking for answers related to
> accessibility. I would suggest to write an email to the WAI Interest
> Group at w3c-wai-ig@w3.org (archives at [1]). They should be able
> to provide a more accurate answer than me :)
>
> You may also find some resources on their website [2].
>
> Regards,
>
> Denis
>
> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/
> [2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/
>
>
>
> On 28/02/2024 18:37, Oliver Odgaard wrote:
> > Hi Denis, thanks for the super fast reply. So that means, from reading
> > the links you sent, we can still be WCAG 2.1 AA compliant if we use a
> > pointer on clickable elements? Is that correct?
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > *Oliver Odgaard*
> > Lead Product Designer
> >
> > <https://www.mapspeople.com/>
> > e. olod@mapspeople.com <mailto:olod@mapspeople.com>
> >
> > w. mapspeople.com <http://mapspeople.com/>
> >
> >
> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mapspeople/>
> > <https://www.facebook.com/mapspeople>
> > <https://twitter.com/mapspeople?lang=en>
> > <https://www.youtube.com/c/MapsPeople/videos>
> >
> > On 28. feb. 2024 15.19 +0100, Denis Ah-Kang <denis@w3.org>, wrote:
> > > Hi Oliver,
> > >
> > > I'm guessing you are referring to [1] but that issue was actually
> > > discussed [2] and the newest version of the spec has the pointer cursor
> > > indicating an interactive element [3].
> > > So there's no problem using a pointer on clickable elements.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Denis
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ui.html#cursor-props
> > > [2] https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1936
> > > [3] https://www.w3.org/TR/css-ui-3/#cursor
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 28/02/2024 08:50, Oliver Odgaard wrote:
> > > > Hi Denis,
> > > >
> > > > Can you help me regarding use of a pointer on our web application?
> > > >
> > > > The W3C recommendations says to use a pointer on "The cursor is a
> > > > pointer that indicates a link.", but if we choose to use a pointer on
> > > > clickable elements like buttons (that aren't links) and interactive
> > > > elements inside our product, will that mean we can't say we are not W3C
> > > > compliant?
> > > >
> > > > We would love the added affordance that the pointer adds, making
> > > > interactive elements clearly recognizable and usable for all users.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > >
> > > > *Oliver Odgaard*
> > > > Lead Product Designer
> > > >
> > > > <https://www.mapspeople.com/>
> > > > e. olod@mapspeople.com <mailto:olod@mapspeople.com>
> > > >
> > > > w. mapspeople.com <http://mapspeople.com/>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mapspeople/>
> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/mapspeople>
> > > > <https://twitter.com/mapspeople?lang=en>
> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/c/MapsPeople/videos>
> > > >