Method example
Contact form
Journey starts here
Keyboard and visible focus
Check access to controls and complete a task without a mouse. See why something that looks like a button may be skipped.
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Website accessibility starts with a task people can finish.
Open a menu. Fill in a form. Correct an error. This guide helps you find barriers in everyday journeys and describe what the team should change and how to check the fix.
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Where should a website accessibility check begin?
Choose one important task and try completing it with a keyboard. Check whether you can see the focused element, operate controls and return from an open dialog. Record where progress stops.
Then review form labels, instructions and error messages. Visible text beside a field is not enough to assess its accessibility. The guide connects the symptom to reproduction steps, a relevant criterion and a follow-up check.
Method example
Email address
anna@example.org
The field has focus. Can you see it?
Compare two states
Inside the guide
Accessibility in specific interface elements.
Leave with a documented barrier and a clear condition for retesting.
Method example
Contact form
Keyboard test result
Connect the starting point to the result.
Labels, names and instructions
Work through fields, icons and close buttons. Distinguish visible text from information communicated to assistive technology.
Method example
Before
!Evidence missing
After checking
Result recorded
Text, zoom and messages
Check readability and the page at increased zoom. Describe a form error so the location and correction are clear.
Method example
Describe the barrier
✓What was checked
✓Evidence and result
Next action
Ready to share with the team
Reporting and retesting
Connect the barrier to a journey and criterion. Repeat the task after deployment instead of relying on a completion claim.
A real excerpt. A practical exercise.
Put the mouse aside. Keep a concrete result.
The public excerpt examines form labels. The package also includes before-and-after component examples. Compare their behaviour, then check the same kind of element on your website.
- Choose a task, such as sending an enquiry.
- Record the keys used and where progress stops.
- Report the barrier and repeat the journey after the fix.
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Barrier report and component examples
Connect reproduction steps, evidence and the expected result. The examples show specific interface behaviours that can be compared.
Who it is for and when to use it
A shared language for design, code and delivery.
Designers get interface checks, developers get behaviour examples and reviewers get a way to verify fixes. The material starts a review; it does not replace a complete audit or user research.
No. The exercises help you find and describe selected barriers. They are not a certificate or a complete accessibility audit, and they do not replace research with users.
About the publisher: CometWebNo. Some issues require following a task, assessing information and testing interface behaviour. Tool results in this guide are starting points for further checks.
Include the page address, task, reproduction steps, actual result, expected behaviour and evidence. Add test conditions and the relevant criterion when established.
The PDF guide, an HTML version for reading on your phone and a ZIP package with worksheets. The guide and working materials are in English. Where included, original evidence and historical appendices retain their source language and are labelled.
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No. The exercises help you find and describe selected barriers. They are not a certificate or a complete accessibility audit, and they do not replace research with users.
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