Accessibility – screenreaders and keyboard

Hello,
frankly, at the moment I can not implement all the functionality of the gallery through the control of a “single key”.

But fortunately you have a choice and you can get rid of this snag – just by changing the plugin. ??

?? No worries. It was worth a shot.

Before I go though:

Your lightbox is already working with keyboard navigation and closes on escape.

You just can’t open the lightbox with the Enter key because you can’t tab to it (tabindex=0, and an event to run the lightbox would fix it).

I would genuinely suggest this is something to look into. WCAG 2.1AA compliance is now really important for a lot of countries.

e.g I work for a large UK Uni and I can’t use your plugin at all because we legally have to be compliant. The fines are huge if we’re not.

As you noticed, there is still a little bit left and everything will be great. I left myself a note about this. But there is a risk that the WCAG 2.1AB standard will be released tomorrow and everything will need to start from the beginning ??

But your remark is absolutely correct and will be taken into account.

I wouldn’t worry about that.

2.1 AA is what most equality laws are based on.

You can always aim to be even MORE accessible (and aim for 2.1 AAA or 2.2) … but the minimum is 2.1 AA

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If you want any advice on where to find info on WCAG, I’d be happy to help ??

Making the web accessible to everyone benefits all of us.

(From a plugin developer point of view – it’s a great selling feature. Most countries have a law that says websites should be accessible, it can cost companies a lot of money if they’re sued over it).

Thank you for offering to help me. But at the moment I’m busy with other functionality. And just for general information – my gallery in AMP mode (without JS) will meet the minimum requirements for WCAG. I think so ??

Hello,
If you are still interested, you can try the new version 2.3.5. I have made some improvements to the keyboard controls.