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Accessibility Best Practices for LibGuide Content Creators

Guideline & Success Criterion

Guideline 2.1: Keyboard Accessible - Make all functionality available from a keyboard.

Success Criterion 2.1.1: Keyboard - All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes.

Guideline 2.4: Navigable - Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.

Information

Navigation

This guide will focus on the navigational aspects of creating a LibGuide. Much of this process is determined primarily by LibGuide itself and either cannot or should not be modified, such as the order of focus when using the Tab key to move through a page.

Why are alternate navigation options necessary?

Not everyone can use a mouse or trackpad, nor does everyone choose to use a mouse or trackpad. Some people may rely fully on keyboard functions to navigate a site. Others may use on-screen keyboards or switch devices to navigate. Because of this, accessible websites must include alternate navigation options that use proper content markup.