Forms Archives - Dennis Deacon

Testing Methods: Identify Input Purpose

July 8, 2025July 21, 2025

WCAG 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose ensures that each input field’s purpose can be programmatically determined if it matches a defined input purpose and is implemented using technologies that support semantic identification of form data.

Testing Methods: Content on Hover or FocusOctober 12, 2025
Testing methods for WCAG 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus, which ensures that when content appears on hover or keyboard focus and then disappears, it is either dismissible, hoverable and persistent.
Testing Methods: Text SpacingOctober 7, 2025
WCAG 1.4.12 Text Spacing testing ensures content adapts to user-defined text settings for improved readability.
Digital Accessibility and MufflersOctober 4, 2025
A loud muffler and an inaccessible chatbot share one truth: you chose it, you own it. Accessibility is your responsibility, even with third-party tools.
Testing Methods: Non-text ContrastSeptember 30, 2025
Testing methods for WCAG 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast, which ensures that visual elements must have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 against adjacent colors in cases of UI components and informative graphics.
ARIA and Real World DangersSeptember 27, 2025
Learn ARIA deeply before deploying it broadly. HTML should always be the first tool of choice. Use ARIA only when necessary, and only with precision. Done right, ARIA enhances accessibility. Done wrong, it undermines it.