Making Interactions Accessible to All Users
summary
Demos show concrete fixes: remove the common CSS outline: none and replace it with visible focus styles, prefer real <button> and <a> over clickable divs, and add text or a hidden label for icon-only controls using a sr-only class. Use ARIA where needed — aria-live="polite" or role=status for dynamic messages and aria-describedby for form hints. WebAIM’s 1 million audit flags empty links and buttons as roughly half of automated errors and missing input labels near 46%. Examples run in CodeSandbox and use React and react-aria, and modern HTML dialog is recommended for modals.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:02What is interaction and accessibility
- 4:14User interaction with the web
- 7:50Fixing button interactions
- 11:18Icon-only links problems
- 13:24Link vs button semantics
- 15:09Form design fundamentals
- 18:22Form validation and errors
- 21:57Dynamic content and ARIA live regions
- 22:42Complex components and WAI-ARIA
- 25:30Key takeaways
