Another aspect of keyboard accessibility when it comes to 508 compliance is not losing the focus on the screen. How can this happen you ask? Well, imagine you have a Captivate course that uses the show/hide commands in Advanced Actions to maneuver multi-state objects on the screen. Say you have something programmed where a user presses a button and it pops up a lightbox with more information about the course. Typically when you select a button, the focus field indicator […]
When it comes to accessibility, people usually first think of closed captions and alternative text. But a major issue often overlooked is the importance of keyboard focus. There are individuals out there who are unable to use a mouse and rely exclusively on the keyboard to navigate on the computer. When you storyboard and develop your courses in Captivate, ensure that you have a visible keyboard focus indicator in the browser(s) that your organization/company is using! I had this problem […]