Scrollable element not keyboard accessible Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Hidden scrollable content cannot be scrolled using the keyboard.

Help

Hidden scrollable content must either contain a focusable element like a link or have tabindex=0 set. This allows keyboard users to tab to the hidden content and scroll using the arrow keys.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules 0ssw9k
• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 2.1.1 level A, 2.1.3 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.54 Oct 2024 Handle the inert attribute.
• 6.50 Oct 2023 Fixed false positive.
• 5.38 Jul 2020 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccCssScrollableNoFocus