Flash 6 does not expose focus location Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Flash 6 and earlier does not expose the focus location to screen readers and also traps the focus inside the Flash movie (once you tab into it you can’t get out).

Help

Use Flash 7 or later to avoid these problems.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F79 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F79 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F79 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F79 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• EN 301 549 F79 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints. EN 301 549 checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.1 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.41 Jul 2021 Removed - Flash reached end-of-life in Dec 2020.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

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

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F79-1