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WCAG 2.1.4

Character Key Shortcuts

  • Level A
  • WCAG 2.1
  • Principle 2: Operable
  • EN 301 549: 9.2.1.4

In short

Single-character key shortcuts can be turned off, remapped, or are active only on focus.

How Percelia tests it

There is no reliable purely automated signal for this criterion. Percelia assesses it AI-assisted and routes it to human review.

This criterion is judgment-bound and is always put to a human reviewer at Percelia, even at high confidence.

Official source

W3C Understanding document (w3.org)

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