| AAC # | Checklist items | How to check |
|---|---|---|
| AAC1 | Can navigation to all interactive content occur when using the keyboard? | Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through links, buttons and form controls and press Enter to check for activation |
| AAC1 | Can complex components be navigated using the arrow keys? e.g. expanding combo boxes, navigating Tabs | Use arrow keys and spacebar to navigate through buttons and form controls |
| AAC1 | Can a popup be opened and closed solely from the keyboard? | 1. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate to open and close popup 2. Use Enter or Escape to close the popup |
| AAC1 | Can tooltips and hover content be triggered from the keyboard? | Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate to open hover content |
| AAC2 | Do tooltips (hover content) remain visible when I move the pointer over the tooltip? | 1. Hover over an element that triggers additional content. 2. Move the pointer over the additional content. Check the additional content is still visible. |
| AAC3 | Is the page title and website in the tab bar in some format? | Look at the browser tab to see the title text in use |
| AAC4 | When the Tab key is pressed is the keyboard focus clearly identified on all focusable elements? | Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through links, buttons and form controls |
| AAC5 | Are <ol>,<ul> elements used for related collections of information such as links, or collections of items? |
1. Right-click and select Inspect 2. Select the 1st item in a related collection and inspect the HTML, check for <ol> or <ul> elements |
| AAC5 | Do prominent visual headings use heading elements such as <h1>, <h2> etc? |
1. Right-click and select Inspect 2. Select a prominent visual heading and inspect the HTML, check for <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>3. Check the headings are applied in sequence |
| AAC6 | Does the screenreader announce each form control label? | 1. Open NVDA 2. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through form controls 3. Check the form control label is announced by NVDA when focused on the form control |
| AAC6 | Does the screenreader announce each form control error? | 1. Open NVDA 2. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through form controls 3. Check the form control error is announced by NVDA when focused on the form control |
| AAC6 | Does the screenreader announce a data format (if required)? | 1. Open NVDA 2. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through form controls 3. Check the form control label data format (if one exists) is announced by NVDA when focused on the form control |
| AAC7 | Whenever something significant has changed on the page, is it announced by the screen reader? e.g. search results displaying while searching, error summary displaying after activating the submit button. | 1. Open NVDA 2. Use Tab and Shift + Tab to navigate through page controls 3. Trigger a significant change 4. Check the change is announced by NVDA and can be understood |
| AAC8 | Is the core page content still viewable and navigable at 400% browser zoom? | Change the browser zoom to 400% |
| AAC9 | Do all descriptive <img> screenreader announcements have an ALT text description? |
1. Right-click and select Inspect 2. Select an image ( <img>) element and inspect the HTML, check an ALT attribute exists with sufficient text |
| AAC9 | Do all descriptive <svg> screenreader announcements have an aria-label description? |
1. Right-click and select Inspect 2. Select an image ( <svg>) element and inspect the HTML, check an aria-label attribute exists with sufficient text |
| AAC10 | Is the core page content still viewable and navigable in portrait and landscape orientation? | 1. Right-click and select Inspect 2. Select Toggle device toolbar 3. Select Rotate |