UAAG Guidelines and Success Criteria

UAAG Guidelines and Success Criteria



Guideline Success Criterion status assigned to Order GL or SC?
Guideline 1.1 Ensure that non-Web-based functionality is accessible.


1 G

1.1.1 Non-Web-Based Accessible (Level A

2 SC

1.1.2 Non-Web-Based Accessible (Level AA):

3 SC

1.1.3 Non-Web-Based Accessible (Level AAA):

4 SC
Guideline 1.2 Ensure that Web-based functionality is accessible


5 G

1.2.1 Web-Based Accessible (Level A)

6 SC

1.2.2 Web-Based Accessible (Level AA)

7 SC

1.2.3 Web-Based Accessible (Level AAA)

8 SC
Guideline 1.3 Support accessibility features of technologies.


9 G

1.3.1 Accessibility Features

10 SC

1.4.1 Follow Specifications:

11 SC

1.4.2 Handle Unrendered Technologies:

12 SC
Guideline 2.1 Facilitate programmatic access


13 G

2.1.1 Platform Accessibility Architecture

14 SC

2.1.2 Name, Role, State, Value, Description

15 SC

2.1.3 Accessible Alternative:

16 SC

2.1.4 Programmatic Availability of DOMs

17 SC

2.1.5 Write Access:

18 SC

2.1.6 Properties: I

19 SC

2.1.7 Timely Communication:

20 SC
Guideline 3.1 Provide access to alternative content.


21 G

3.1.1 Notification of Alternative Content

22 SC

3.1.2 Configurable Default Rendering:

23 SC

3.1.3 Browse and Render

24 SC

3.1.4 Available Programmatically

25 SC
Guideline 3.3 Provide access to relationship information.


26 G

3.3.1 Access Relationships

27 SC

3.3.2 Location in Hierarchy

28 SC

3.3.6 Unavailable Content

29 SC

3.3.7 Retrieval Progress

30 SC
Guideline 3.4 Repair missing content


31 G

3.4.1 Repair Missing Alternatives:

32 SC

3.4.2 Repair Empty Alternatives

33 SC
Guideline 3.5 Provide highlighting for selection, content focus, enabled elements, visited links.


34 G

3.5.1 Highlighted items

35 SC

3.5.2 Highlighting options:

36 SC
Guideline 3.6 Provide text configuration.


37 G

3.6.1 Configure Text

38 SC

3.6.2 Preserve Distinctions

39 SC

3.6.3 Option Range

40 SC

3.6.4 Maintain contrast

41 SC
Guideline 3.7 Provide volume configuration.


42 G

3.7.1 Global Volume

43 SC

3.7.2 Speech Volume

44 SC
Guideline 3.8 Provide synthesized speech configuration


45 G

3.8.1 Speech Rate and Volume

46 SC

3.8.2 Speech Pitch and Range

47 SC

3.8.3 Advanced Speech Characteristics

48 SC

3.8.4 Speech Features

49 SC

3.8.5 Speech Stress

50 SC
Guideline 3.9 Provide style sheets configuration


51 G

3.9.1 Author Style Sheets

52 SC

3.9.2 User Style Sheets

53 SC
Guideline 3.10 Help user to use and orient within viewports.


54 G

3.10.1 Highlight Viewport:

55 SC

3.10.2 Move Viewport to Selection

56 SC

3.10.3 Move Viewport to Focus

57 SC

3.10.4 Resizable

58 SC

3.10.5 Scrollbars:

59 SC

3.10.6 Viewport History

60 SC

3.10.7 Open on Request:

61 SC

3.10.8 Do Not Take Focus

62 SC

3.10.9 Stay on Top

63 SC

3.10.10 Close Viewport

64 SC

3.10.11 Same UI

65 SC

3.10.12 Indicate Viewport Position

66 SC
Guideline 3.11 Provide an effective focus mechanism


67 G

3.11.1 Content Focus

68 SC

3.11.2 Current Focus

69 SC

3.11.3 User Interface Focus

70 SC

3.11.4 Extensions Focusable

71 SC

3.11.5 Hand-Off Focus

72 SC

3.11.6 Retrieve Focus

73 SC

3.11.7 Return Focus

74 SC

3.11.8 Bi-Directional

75 SC

3.11.9 Sequential Navigation

76 SC

3.11.10 Only on User Request

77 SC

3.11.11 On Focus

78 SC
Guideline 3.12 Provide alternative views


79 G

3.12.1 Text View

80 SC

3.12.2 Outline View

81 SC

3.12.3 Configure Set of Important Elements

82 SC
Guideline 3.13 Provide link information


83 G

3.13.1 Basic Link Information

84 SC

3.13.2 Extended Link Information

85 SC
Guideline 4.1 Ensure full keyboard access


86 G

4.1.1 Keyboard Operation

87 SC

4.1.2 Keystroke Precedence

88 SC

4.1.3 No Keyboard Trap (Minimum)

89 SC

4.1.4 Separate Selection from Activation

90 SC

4.1.5 Present Direct Commands in Rendered Content

91 SC

4.1.6 Standard Text Area Navigation Conventions

92 SC

4.1.7 Keyboard Navigation

93 SC

4.1.8 Important Command Functions

94 SC

4.1.9 Override of UI Keyboard Commands

95 SC

4.1.10 User Override of Accesskeys

96 SC

4.1.11 Specify preferred keystrokes

97 SC

4.1.12 Present Direct Commands in User Interface

98 SC
Guideline 4.2 Provide access to event handlers


99 G

4.2.1 Perceive Event Handers

100 SC

4.2.2 Activate Event Handlers

101 SC

4.2.3 Operate Event Sequences

102 SC
Guideline 4.3 Allow time-independent interaction


103 G

4.3.1 Timing Adjustable

104 SC
Guideline 4.4 Help users avoid flashing that could cause seizures


105 G

4.4.1 Below Threshold

106 SC

4.4.2 Three Flashes

107 SC
Guideline 4.5 Configure and store preference settings


108 G

4.5.1 Change Preference Settings

109 SC

4.5.2 Persistent Accessibility Settings

110 SC

4.5.3 Multiple Sets of Preference Settings

111 SC

4.5.4 Portable Preference Settings

112 SC

4.5.5 Preferences Wizard

113 SC
Guideline 4.6 Provide text search


114 G

4.6.1 Search Rendered Content

115 SC

4.6.2 Search Forward and Backward

116 SC

4.6.3 Match Found

117 SC

4.6.4 Alert on No Match

118 SC

4.6.5 Case Insensitive

119 SC
Guideline 4.7 Provide structured navigation


120 G

4.7.1 Structured Navigation

121 SC

4.7.2 Direct navigation

122 SC

4.7.3 Direct activation

123 SC

4.7.4 Configure Set of Important Elements

124 SC

4.7.5 Discover navigation and activation keystrokes

125 SC
Guideline 4.8 Provide toolbar configuration


126 G

4.8.1 Configure Position

127 SC

4.8.2 Restore Default Toolbars:

128 SC
Guideline 4.9 Provide control of content that may reduce accessibility.


129 G

4.9.A Change Rate of Time-Based Media:

130 SC

4.9.B Track Enable/Disable of Time-Based Media:

131 SC

4.9.C Visual Media Scaling

132 SC

4.9.D Text Scaling

133 SC

4.9.E Visual Media Brightness/Contrast

134 SC

4.9.1 Background Image Toggle

135 SC

4.9.3 Time-Based Media Load-Only

136 SC

4.9.4 Execution Placeholder

137 SC

4.9.5 Execution Toggle

138 SC

4.9.6 Slow Multimedia

139 SC

4.9.7 Stop/Pause/Resume Multimedia

140 SC

4.9.8 Navigate Multimedi

141 SC
Guideline 5.1 Help users avoid unnecessary messages.


142 G

5.1.1 Option to Ignore

143 SC
Guideline 5.2 Help users avoid and correct mistakes.


144 G

5.2.1 Form Submission

145 SC
Guideline 5.3 Document the user agent user interface including all accessibility features.


146 G

5.3.1 Accessible Format

147 SC

5.3.2 Document Accessibility Features

148 SC

5.3.3 Changes Between Versions

149 SC

5.3.4 Centralized View

150 SC

5.3.5 Context Sensitive Help

151 SC