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Accessibility Guideline

Michael Hawker MSFT (XAML Llama) edited this page Oct 29, 2020 · 2 revisions

We'll follow this guideline to ensure the basic accessibility features for each control.

Color & High Contrast Themes

  • Controls must support the 4 high contrast themes by default on Windows, in addition to changing the theme while the app is running.
  • Controls must have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 between the text (and images with text) and the background behind it.

Keyboard

  • Controls must support keyboard navigation (tabs and arrow keys), the tab order must be the same as the UI and non-interactive elements mustn't be focusable.
  • Composite elements must ensure proper inner navigation among the contained elements
  • Clickable UI elements must be invokable with the keyboard (The trigger keys are enter and space).
  • Focusable elements must have a visual focus indicator. It's usually a rectangle shape around the control's normal bounding rectangle.

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The Accessibility Insights tool can help with identifying some of these concerns.

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