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Results of Questionnaire WCAG2ICT-Review of SC 2.1.4 readiness to incorporate into editors draft

The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody. In addition, answers are sent to the following email address: maryjom@us.ibm.com

This questionnaire was open from 2023-01-12 to 2023-01-26.

12 answers have been received.

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Review of proposal for Success Criterion 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts

1. Review of proposal for Success Criterion 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts

Review the draft proposal for the section Additional Guidance When Applying Success Criterion 2.1.4 to Non-Web Documents and Software and indicate if you agree with the proposal. Note any suggested edits for improvement and/or reasoning in the comments field.

Summary

Choice	All responders
Choice	Results
The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.	4
The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	7
The proposal isn't ready to incorporate yet.	1

Details

Responder	Review of proposal for Success Criterion 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts	Comments
Mary Jo Mueller	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I'm not sure I understand the inclusion of "Note 1: Shortcut keys that are time based, and are fixed at, or adjustable to, 2 seconds minimum shall also meet the SC." This SC is about the use of single-character keys as shortcut keys. If the shortcut keys are also character keys, you don't want them to override the ability to type characters into input fields or cause the shortcut to be inadvertently activated - whether or not they have a delay between activations. Would like to hear an example - maybe I'm not understanding. Editorial for Note 1: If kept, change "meets this SC" to "meets this success criterion" Editorial for Note 2: Suggest removing "and other options", changing "example" to "e.g." and expanding "SC" to "success criterion" to read, "Note 2: Software where options are available that turn off single character shortcuts (e.g. keyboard mode or an accessibility mode) meets this success criterion." I also added some commentary on the additional thoughts on this SC. It's good to think all of these scenarios through, so thanks for bringing them up.
Loïc Martínez Normand	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I am not sure about note 1. SC 2.1.4 is about alternatives to single-letter keyboard shortcuts. In my understanding, the timing of these shortcuts is not relevant for the SC. So I propose to delete note 1. Note 2 is good
Bruce Bailey	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Laura Miller	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I like the changes Sam has suggested and understand MJ's modifications but added one more (about keyboard vs tactile input as a descriptor for the physical inputs). Don't feel strongly about changing it but do think that Keyboard brings to mind a QWERTY vs any other keypad that may be used (Numeric, navigation, etc).
Phil Day	The proposal isn't ready to incorporate yet.	I think there is still more discussion to be had - particularly over how to meet this clause on a system with a very limited number of buttons/switches that will often thus use long press or multiple key presses to improve usability. These are more common in closed systems - but not exclusively.
Devanshu Chandra	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Thorsten Katzmann	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Mike Pluke	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I think that it is fine apart from the need to remove the first note.
Olivia Hogan-Stark	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor's draft as-is.
Chris Loiselle	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	I agree w/ Mary Jo's comments per the GitHub issue tracker.
Gregg Vanderheiden	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.	SHALL's need to be changed to SHOULDs and statements of fact "meets" should change to WOULD MEET also add a note: Note: In order to be a shortcut there needs to be another way of doing the same function
Bryan Trogdon	The proposal can be incorporated into the WCAG2ICT editor' draft with some changes.