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13.8 On each web page, is every moving or blinking content controllable by the user (excluding special cases)?

WCAG references
  • 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (A)
  • 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (A)
Techniques
  • F4
  • F7
  • F16
  • F47
  • F50
  • G4
  • G11
  • G152
  • G186
  • G187
  • G191
  • SCR22
  • SCR33
  • SCR36
  • SM11
  • SM12

Official methodology to test criterion 13.8

Test 1 (13.8.1)

  1. Find moving content in the document (obtained using an image, script or CSS effect) triggered automatically when the page is loaded or when content is displayed (see note).
  2. For each content item, check that
    • either the duration of the movement is less than 5 seconds;
    • or there is a mechanism (a button, for example) to stop and restart the movement;
    • or either the presence of a mechanism (such as a button) means that the moving content can be hidden and displayed again;
    • or the presence of a mechanism (e.g. a button) enables the entire content to be displayed without movement.
  3. If this is the case for each piece of moving content, the test is validated.

Test 2 (13.8.2)

  1. Find blinking content in the document (obtained using an image, a script or a CSS effect) triggered automatically when the page is loaded or when content is displayed (see note).
  2. For each content item, check that
    • either the blinking time is less than 5 seconds;
    • there is a mechanism (a button, for example) to stop and restart the blinking;
    • or the presence of a mechanism (a button, for example) means that the blinking content can be hidden and displayed again;
    • or a mechanism (such as a button) can be used to display all the blinking content.
  3. If this is the case for each blinking content item, the test is validated.

Note: Stopping or pausing moving or blinking content by means of when focused (for example, the effect is only suspended when focused) is not considered a compliant process. In some cases, movement cannot be stopped, for example in the case of a progress bar, in which case the criterion is not applicable.