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LaurenAckley-6d's avatar
LaurenAckley-6d
Community Member
4 years ago

Sliders and Accessibility

Are sliders truly accessible? I was playing around and could toggle through the different layers using the slider and keyboard controls, but I couldn't get the screen reader to read any of the text ...
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JodiSansone's avatar
JodiSansone
Community Member
3 years ago

Hi all on this thread.  Later this month I am doing a demo at DevLearn on 10 Ways to Use Sliders at the Articulate User Conference.  David Anderson alerted me to be ready to address questions on accessibility.  I found this thread to be super helpful, especially your issues with layers. Since you have all been challenged with this, do you have any suggestions on how I should serve up the issues?  I appreciate any thoughts!  I'm not going to set up myself as an accessibility expert, but I would address the accessibility pros and cons of using sliders.

  • PhilMayor's avatar
    PhilMayor
    Super Hero
    3 years ago

    At the moment I would say you cannot make sliders where multiple content appears accessible as they do not allow the focus to move and then move back to the slider.

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    • JodiSansone's avatar
      JodiSansone
      Community Member
      3 years ago

      Thank you!  I'll have to think about how to anticipate this.

      • MathNotermans-9's avatar
        MathNotermans-9
        Community Member
        3 years ago

        As with all Issues you can workaround it with some tricks. Then you however need to not use the default Storyline sliders but create custom fully Html5 compatible and accessible sliders.