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8.4 On each screen, for each component in a text environment whose nature is not obvious, is there an indication other than colour to indicate when focused and hovered with the mouse?

WCAG references
  • 1.4.1 Use of color (A)

Official methodology to test criterion 8.4

Test 1 (8.4)

iOS and Android
  1. Identify user interface components (links, buttons) with text embedded in a text environment (in a sentence, for example), identified solely by colour (without any other formatting that distinguishes them from the rest of the text in which they are embedded).
  2. Connect an external keyboard (and set keyboard navigation parameters).
  3. Check that the focus visibility as defined at system level is preserved on these elements.
  4. Connect a mouse.
  5. Check that hovering over interactive components in a text environment is indicated by means other than colour (bolding, underlining for example).
  6. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.