GNOME Accessibility Checklist

• GP General Principles
  • GP.1 Every action that alters the user's data or application's settings can be undone.
  • GP.2 All application settings can be restored to their defaults without the user having to remember what those defaults were.
  • GP.3 After installation, the application can be used without the user having to insert a disk or CD at any time.
  • GP.4 The most frequently used functions are found at the top level of the menu structure.
• KN Keyboard Navigation
  • KN.1 Efficient keyboard access is provided to all application features.
  • KN.2 All windows have a logical keyboard navigation order.
  • KN.3 The correct tab order is used for controls whose enabled state is dependent on checkboxes, radio buttons or toggle buttons.
  • KN.4 Keyboard access to application-specific functions does not override existing system accessibility features.
  • KN.5 The application provides more than one method to perform keyboard tasks whenever possible.
  • KN.6 There are alternative key combinations wherever possible.
  • KN.7 There are no awkward reaches for frequently performed keyboard operations.
  • KN.8 The application does not use repetitive, simultaneous keypresses.
  • KN.9 The application provides keyboard equivalents for all mouse functions.
  • KN.10 Any text or object that can be selected with the mouse can also be selected with the keyboard alone.
  • KN.11 Any object that can be resized or moved with the mouse can also be resized or moved with the keyboard alone.
  • KN.12 The application does not use any general navigation functions to trigger operations.
  • KN.13 All keyboard-invoked menus, windows and tooltips appear near the object they relate to.
• MI Mouse Interaction
  • MI.1 No operations depend on input from the right or middle mouse buttons.
  • MI.2 All mouse operations can be cancelled before they are complete.
  • MI.3 Visual feedback is provided throughout drag and drop operations
  • MI.4 The mouse pointer is never warped under application control, or its movement restricted to part of the screen by the application.
• GE Graphical Elements
  • GE.1 There are no hard-coded graphical attributes such as line, border or shadow thickness.
  • GE.2 All multi-color graphical elements can be shown in monochrome only, where possible.
  • GE.3 All interactive GUI elements are easily distinguishable from static GUI elements.
  • GE.4 An option to hide non-essential graphics is provided.
• FT Fonts and Text
  • FT.1 No font styles or sizes are hard-coded.
  • FT.2 An option to turn off graphical backdrops behind text is provided.
  • FT.3 All labels have names that make sense when taken out of context.
  • FT.4 No label names are used more than once in the same window.
  • FT.5 Label positioning is consistent throughout the application.
  • FT.6 All static text labels that identify other controls end in a colon (:).
  • FT.7 Static text labels that identify other controls immediately precede those controls in the tab order.
  • FT.8 An alternative to WYSIWYG is provided. For example, the ability to specify different screen and printer fonts in a text editor.
• CC Color and Contrast
  • CC.1 Application colors are not hard-coded, but are drawn either from the current desktop theme or an application setting.
  • CC.2 Color is only used as an enhancement, and not as the only means to convey information or actions.
  • CC.3 The application supports all available high- contrast themes and settings.
  • CC.4 The software is not dependent on any particular high-contrast themes or settings.
• MG Magnification
  • MG.1 The application provides the ability to magnify the work area.
  • MG.2 The application provides the option to scale the work area.
  • MG.3 The application's functionality is not affected by changing the magnification or scale settings.
• AU Audio
  • AU.1 Sound is not used as the only means of conveying any items of information.
  • AU.2 The user can configure the frequency and volume of all sounds and warning beeps.
• AN Animation
  • AN.1 There are no flashing or blinking elements with a frequency greater than 2Hz or lower than 55Hz.
  • AN.2 Any flashing or blinking is confined to small areas of the screen.
  • AN.3 If animation is used, an option is available to turn it off before it is first shown.
• KF Keyboard Focus
  • KF.1 When a window is opened, focus starts at the most commonly-used control.
  • KF.2 Current input focus position is clearly displayed at all times.
  • KF.3 Input focus is shown in exactly one window at all times.
  • KF.4 Appropriate audio or visual feedback is provided when the user attempts to navigate past either end of a group of related objects.
  • KF.5 The default audio or visual warning signal is played when the user presses an inappropriate key.
  • KF.6 There is sufficient audio information for the visual focus that the user can figure out what to do next.
  • KF.7 When using assistive technologies, such as a screen reader or braille device, the current program indicates the position and content of the visual focus indicator.
• TM Timing
  • TM.1 There are no hard-coded time-outs or time-based features in the application.
  • TM.2 The display or hiding of important information is not triggered solely by movement of the mouse pointer.
• DC Documentation
  • DC.1 All documentation is in an accessible format, with textual alternate descriptions provided for all figures and diagrams.
  • DC.2 The documentation includes a section that covers all the application's accessibility features.

See Also

• GNOME HIG: Accessibility
• https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2018-October/msg00112.html
• https://phabricator.kde.org/T9885