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4.11 Is the viewing of each time-based media, if required, accessible and operable by keyboard and any pointing device?

WCAG references
  • 2.1.1 Keyboard (A)
  • 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (A)
Techniques
  • G4
  • G90
  • G202

Official methodology to test criterion 4.11

Test 1 (4.11.1)

  1. Find the time-based media in the document.
  2. For each time-based media, check that the mandatory viewing control functions are present:
    • at least: play, pause or stop;
    • if the media has sound, it must have a sound on/off function;
    • if the media has subtitles or captions, it must have a function for controlling the appearance/disappearance of subtitles or captions;
    • if the media has audio description, it must have a function for controlling the appearance/disappearance of the audio description.
  3. If this is the case for each time-based media, the test is validated.

Test 2 (4.11.2)

  1. Find the time-based media with control features in the document.
  2. For each time-based media, check that
    • either the feature is accessible via the keyboard and any pointing device;
    • or a feature accessible via the keyboard and any pointing device enabling the same action to be performed is present on the page.
  3. If this is the case for each time-based media, the test is validated.

Test 3 (4.11.3)

  1. Find the time-based media with control functions in the document.
  2. For each time-based media, check that:
    • either the functionality can be activated using the keyboard and any pointing device;
    • or the page contains a function that can be activated using the keyboard and any pointing device to perform the same action.
  3. If this is the case for each time-based media, the test is validated.