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  1. Keyboard interactions
  2. Focus order
  3. Touch targets
  4. Additional guidelines
  5. ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)
  6. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  1. Keyboard interactions
  2. Focus order
  3. Touch targets
  4. Additional guidelines
  5. ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)
  6. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Keyboard interactions

A user should have the ability to use the Tab key to navigate to a tile or into a tile group. When tiles are in a group, a user will need to use arrow keys to navigate from one tile to another. Pressing the Enter/Return key will activate a link tile or select a selectable tile.

Tile groups with labels showing which key to use for navigating
Key Result
Tab Moves focus to a solo tile or the first tile in a group
Shift + Tab Moves focus to a previous solo tile or the last tile in a previous tile group
Left Arrow Moves focus to the previous tile and activates it (horizontal tabs)
Right Arrow Moves focus to the next tile and activates it (horizontal tabs)
Up Arrow Moves focus to the previous tile and activates it (vertical tabs)
Arrow keys Moves focus from one tile to another in a tile group
Enter Activates a link tile or selects a selectable tile

Focus order

A logical focus order helps keyboard users operate our websites. Elements need to receive focus in an order that preserves meaning, therefore the focus order should make sense and not jump around randomly. In tile groups, focus moves from left to right and top to bottom.

Tile groups with numbers showing the focus order

Touch targets

The whole tile is selectable, and the required heading or image would make each tile a large enough touch target.

Additional guidelines

  • Include alt text for a slotted image especially if it is wrapped in a link

ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)

Learn to use the accessibility semantics defined by the Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) specification to create accessible web experiences.

View APG resources

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Understanding documents provide detailed explanations for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) guidelines and success criteria.

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