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WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

exploratory Requirement

Interactive Element Importance Indicated

Group: interactive-components • Guideline: control-information

Summary in Plain English

An exploratory requirement: the relative importance of interactive components is indicated.

Why It Matters

When every control looks equally weighted, users have to read all of them to find the one that matters - a real cost for people with cognitive disabilities or limited screen area.

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