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Most accessible interactions
Hi LisaEdmondson-4 the following link provides information on which interactions are accessible, and which are not: https://www.articulate.com/about/accessibility/storyline-360-accessibility-conformance-report-vpat/
It is possible to make the drag and drop interactions keyboard accessible, but treating the interaction differently. For example, allowing the keyboard user to "select" the drag item, then tab to the drop target and "select" the drop target. You can then have a trigger that checks if X is selected and Y is selected, then correct and so on. This is a simplified explanation, as they is more to it than that, but this is the solution that is required.
I'm glad that SamHill (thanks, Sam!) provided our conformance report and details of how you could make drag-and-drops accessible.
We do have some information if you'd like to take this route.
- A webinar on How to Create an Accessible Drag-and-Drop Interaction in Storyline 360
- A downloadable example that pairs with the webinar - Storyline: Accessible Drag-and-Drop Chat Interaction
Thank you so much!
LeslieMcKerchie I am working on creating an accessible drag-and-drop using the information from this webinar. It is very helpful. I have a couple of additional questions.
1. I started with a drag-and-drop template and then added the accessibility triggers as shown here. Do I need to rebuild this on a black slide, or will it be okay having already started with the template?
2. How can I test if the "select" and animation path work? The drag-and-drop trigger works, but I don't know how to test whether the animation trigger is working for the accessibility option. It doesn't appear to be, but maybe you need a screen reader for it to work?
