Flash movie longer than 5 seconds Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Avoid using Flash movies that run for more than 5 seconds and don’t allow users to pause or stop the animation.

Help

If Flash plays an animation for more than 5 seconds, add a pause or stop button to the movie.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F7 (Success Criteria: 2.2.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F7 (Success Criteria: 2.2.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F7 (Success Criteria: 2.2.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F7 (Success Criteria: 2.2.2 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.40 Jan 2021 Removed - Flash not supported by Adobe after December 2020.
• 5.6 Sep 2014 Fixed false positive on ISSU magazines.
• 4.4 Aug 2011 Fixed false positive on YouTube videos.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Now triggers WCAG2 issue.
• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag1-7.3.2