Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail Criteria Supporting Feature Remarks and Explanations (a) When software is designed to run on While users can use the Space key a system that has a keyboard, product to activate any control in the OS, functions shall be executable from a the Enter key does not work for all keyboard where the function itself or controls. the result of performing a function can While users can use Win+N to be discerned textually. navigate directly to the Action Center, they cannot do so through the Action Center button in the OS. The Surface Hub Mail pane doesn’t dismiss using the Escape key. Users can work around this by navigating to an app or control using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. (b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. (c) A well-defined on-screen indication In several places in the Skype of the current focus shall be provided panels, controls can be hidden that moves among interactive interface when modes change, and keyboard elements as the input focus changes. focus is left on the hidden controls. The focus shall be programmatically It can take multiple tabs to move exposed so that Assistive Technology keyboard focus to visible controls. can track focus and focus changes. Also, when using Win+F6 to move keyboard focus between OS windows, keyboard focus rectangles remain visible in Skype panels after the window has lost keyboard focus. This results in having several keyboard focus rectangles visible on the screen at the same time. Pressing the Escape key in the Quick Actions window dismisses it, but doesn’t move focus out of it. Users can work around this by navigating to an app or control using the appropriate keyboard shortcut.
Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail Criteria Supporting Feature Remarks and Explanations (a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. While users can use the Space key to activate any control in the OS, the Enter key does not work for all controls. While users can use Win+N to navigate directly to the Action Center, they cannot do so through the Action Center button in the OS. The Surface Hub Mail pane doesn’t dismiss using the Escape key. Users can work around this by navigating to an app or control using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. (b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. (c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can track focus and focus changes. In several places in the Skype panels, controls can be hidden when modes change, and keyboard focus is left on the hidden controls. It can take multiple tabs to move keyboard focus to visible controls. Also, when using Win+F6 to move keyboard focus between OS windows, keyboard focus rectangles remain visible in Skype panels after the window has lost keyboard focus. This results in having several keyboard focus rectangles visible on the screen at the same time. Pressing the Escape key in the Quick Actions window dismisses it, but doesn’t move focus out of it. Users can work around this by navigating to an app or control using the appropriate keyboard shortcut.
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