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Assistive technologies can reach content and interactions when they use a separate point of regard or focus - the virtual cursor a screen reader moves through the page independently of keyboard focus.
Why It Matters
Screen reader users read with the virtual cursor. Content that only responds to real keyboard focus is reachable but unreadable.
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Examples from the Draft
Worked examples the W3C editors wrote into the provision itself, not
examples invented here.
A virtual cursor is an example of a mechanism that conveys alternative points or regard or focus.
Access content and interactions by using mechanisms that convey alternative points of regard or focus.
Check that content is readable and interactions are operable.
Expected results
#2 is true.
W3C Working Group Status
W3C Maturity Status:developing
Track / Group:user-control
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WCAG 2.2 Criteria That Map Here
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Assistive technologies can access content and interactions when using mechanisms that convey alternative points of regard or focus.
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A virtual cursor is an example of a mechanism that conveys alternative points or regard or focus.
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