Web Development
Web Developer Guidelines
Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 1.5 - JavaScript

Any movement caused by JavaScript can be stopped

WCAG 1.0 Priority 2

WCAG Guideline 7. Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes.

Movement of text and images on a web site can be distracting for readers of the web page and detract from the user's attention when concentrating on, and reading content on, a web page.

Requirement

Where JavaScript use causes movement on the web page, ensure that the movement stops after a few seconds or there is an obvious mechanism to allow the user to stop the movement.

Checking Tool

View the web page in a browser to identify any movement on the screen.

Information Source

The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site  (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-avoid-movement)

 

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