Silverlight Techniques

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These WCAG Techniques are currently under review by the Mobile Accessibility Task Force. Any changes marked are a draft and are NOT approved by the Mobile Accessibility Task Force and the WCAG Working Group

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2. Read the full technique in the WCAG Techniques and the Understanding Documentation
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Silverlight Techniques

• SL1: Accessing Alternate Audio Tracks in Silverlight Media
• SL2: Changing The Visual Focus Indicator in Silverlight
• SL3: Controlling Silverlight MediaElement Audio Volume
• SL4: Declaring Discrete Silverlight Objects to Specify Language Parts in the HTML DOM
• SL5: Defining a Focusable Image Class for Silverlight
• SL6: Defining a UI Automation Peer for a Custom Silverlight Control
• SL7: Designing a Focused Visual State for Custom Silverlight Controls
• SL8: Displaying HelpText in Silverlight User Interfaces
• SL9: Handling Key Events to Enable Keyboard Functionality in Silverlight
• SL10: Implementing a Submit-Form Pattern in Silverlight
• SL11: Pausing or Stopping A Decorative Silverlight Animation
• SL12: Pausing, Stopping, or Playing Media in Silverlight MediaElements
• SL13: Providing A Style Switcher To Switch To High Contrast
• SL14: Providing Custom Control Key Handling for Keyboard Functionality in Silverlight
• SL15: Providing Keyboard Shortcuts that Work Across the Entire Silverlight Application
• SL16: Providing Script-Embedded Text Captions for MediaElement Content
• SL17: Providing Static Alternative Content for Silverlight Media Playing in a MediaElement
• SL18: Providing Text Equivalent for Nontext Silverlight Controls With AutomationProperties.Name
• SL19: Providing User Instructions With AutomationProperties.HelpText in Silverlight
• SL20: Relying on Silverlight AutomationPeer Behavior to Set AutomationProperties.Name
• SL21: Replacing A Silverlight Timed Animation With a Nonanimated Element
• SL22: Supporting Browser Zoom in Silverlight
• SL23: Using A Style Switcher to Increase Font Size of Silverlight Text Elements
• SL24: Using AutoPlay to Keep Silverlight Media from Playing Automatically
• SL25: Using Controls and Programmatic Focus to Bypass Blocks of Content in Silverlight
• SL26: Using LabeledBy to Associate Labels and Targets in Silverlight
• SL27: Using Language/Culture Properties as Exposed by Silverlight Applications and Assistive Technologies
• SL28: Using Separate Text-Format Text Captions for MediaElement Content
• SL29: Using Silverlight "List" Controls to Define Blocks that can be Bypassed
• SL30: Using Silverlight Control Compositing and AutomationProperties.Name
• SL31: Using Silverlight Font Properties to Control Text Presentation
• SL32: Using Silverlight Text Elements for Appropriate Accessibility Role
• SL33: Using Well-Formed XAML to Define a Silverlight User Interface
• SL34: Using the Silverlight Default Tab Sequence and Altering Tab Sequences With Properties
• SL35: Using the Validation and ValidationSummary APIs to Implement Client Side Forms Validation in Silverlight