Re: Carousels

In a sense, as stated in Understanding SC 2.2.1, there is a dependency with
SC 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide in the matter of carousels for instance.
So if those controls do not work as expected, they fail SC 2.2.2 and result
in a failure of SC 2.2.1 too.
Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang
Principal Accessibility Consultant

Email: sailesh.panchang@deque.com
Deque Systems Inc | - Accessibility for Good | www.deque.com














On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

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> On 19/12/2025 11:18, Ms J wrote:
> > 2.2.1 explicitly says it excludes carousels, this feels wrong?
>
> It excludes them if the user has the ability/control to navigate the
> carousel.
>
> "so long as the information and data is adjustable or otherwise under
> the control of the end user." (from
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/timing-adjustable.html)
>
> If it still auto-advances when the user explicitly moved the carousel
> slide to the one they wanted though (i.e. it doesn't stop auto-advancing
> when the user is actively interacting with it), then 2.2.1 does apply in
> my view.
>
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