6.5 Inaccessible Elements

Affected Group: Persons with poor vision or mobility problems

Instead of using a mouse, visually impaired users rely on screen readers and keyboard commands to navigate the websites.

For a fully accessible website, there should be a visible keyboard focus indicator that clearly indicates the user’s current location on the webpage.

In addition, all the contents that are operable with a mouse should also be accessible with a keyboard. This ensures that screen reader users can seamlessly browse the website and execute functions using only the keyboard.

The example below shows that the information icon highlighted is typically inaccessible via keyboard navigation. As a result, screen reader users are unable to retrieve hints from form inputs.

User may miss important information from the website if those elements are inaccessible.