Accessibility Compliance
Learn about the ways in which composable storefront complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to ensure accesssibility for users.
Composable storefront ensures accessibility by adhering to the success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
. The following sections describe the extent to which composable storefront complies with the WCAG criteria.
Core Theme Accessibility
Starting with version 5.0, composable storefront features comply with the following success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
:
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1.3.2, Level A, Meaningful sequence.
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1.3.3, Level A, Two Senses Concept.
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1.3.4, Level AA, Orientation.
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1.3.5, Level AA, Identify Input Purpose.
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1.4.1, Level A, Use of color.
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1.4.3, Level AA, Minimum Contrast.
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1.4.4, Level AA, Text Resizing up to 200 percent.
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1.4.5, Level AA, Images of text.
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1.4.10, Level AA, Reflow.
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1.4.11, Level AA, Non-Text Contrast.
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2.4.5, Level AA, Multiple Ways to Find Content.
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2.5.2, Level A, Pointer Cancellation.
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2.5.3, Level A, Label in Name.
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3.2.4, Level AA, Consistent Use of Identical UI-Elements.
Core theme accessibility is mostly theme-related. Both the Sparta and Santorini themes in composable storefront conform to the standards listed above.
Keyboard Accessibility
Starting with version 2.0, composable storefront features comply with the following success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
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2.1.1, Level A, Keyboard
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2.1.2, Level A, No Keyboard Trap
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2.4.1, Level A, Bypass Blocks
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2.4.3, Level A, Focus Order
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2.4.7, Level AA, Focus Visible
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3.2.3, Level AA, Consistent Navigation
When combined all together, these criteria provide composable storefront with keyboard accessibility.
Screen Reader Accessibility
Starting with version 5.0, composable storefront features comply with the following success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
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1.1.1, Level A, Non-Text Content
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1.3.1, Level A, Info and Relationships
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2.4.2, Level A, Page Titled
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2.4.4, Level A, Link Purpose
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2.4.6, Level AA, Headings and Labels
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2.5.3, Level A, Label in Name
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3.3.2, Level A, Labels or Instructions
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3.1.1, Level A, Language of Page
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3.2.1, Level A, On Focus
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3.2.2, Level A, On Input
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3.3.1, Level A, Error Identification
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3.3.3, Level AA, Error Suggestion
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3.3.4, Level AA, Error Prevention
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4.1.1, Level A, Parsing
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4.1.2, Level A, Name, Role, Value
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4.1.3, Level AA, Status Messages
When combined all together, these criteria provide composable storefront with screen reader accessibility.
Media Accessibility
Starting with version 5.0, composable storefront includes a video player. This feature complies with the following success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
:
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1.4.2, Level A, Animation, Audio and Video Control
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2.2.2, Level A, Hide controls
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2.3.1, Level A, Avoidance of Flickering and Flashing Content
Other Accessibility Conformance
In accordance with the WCAG 2.1 definition of conformance, if there is no content to which a success criterion applies, the success criterion is satisfied. As a result, the following criteria are satisfied because they do not apply to composable storefront:
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1.2.4, Level AA, Captions (Live)
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2.1.4, Level A, Character Key Shortcuts
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2.5.4, Level A, Motion Actuation
For more information, see Understanding Conformance
in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) documentation.