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RAAMA

8.5 On each screen, for each element receiving the focus, is the focus visible?

WCAG references
  • 1.4.1 Use of color (A)
  • 2.4.7 Focus visible (AA)

Official methodology to test criterion 8.5

Test 1 (8.5)

iOS
  1. Connect an external keyboard (and configure keyboard navigation).
  2. Enable all available focus style settings.
  3. Navigate the application with the keyboard and check whether the focus visibility as defined at system level is preserved for all elements of the application.
  4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.
Android
  1. Connect an external keyboard (and configure keyboard navigation).
  2. Navigate the application with the keyboard and check:
    • if the test is carried out without activation of an accessibility service, that the focus is visible;
    • if the test is carried out with an accessibility service activated, that the focus as defined in the service is visible on all the elements of the application.
  3. If this is the case, the criterion is validated.