Accessibility Glossary
A plain-language Accessibility Field Guide glossary for common terms teams encounter during requirements, design, development, QA, and review.
ARIA
A topic landing page for 11 notes and related guides.
Notes
Notes
Posts, examples, and observations connected to this topic.
Tabs
A practical Accessibility Field Guide page for checking tabbed interfaces, selected state, tab panels, keyboard behavior, focus, and when tabs are the right pattern.
Combobox
A practical Accessibility Field Guide page for checking combobox fields, autocomplete suggestions, selected values, keyboard behavior, focus, and ARIA state.
Accordions
A practical Accessibility Field Guide page for checking expandable accordion sections, disclosure buttons, headings, keyboard support, focus, and expanded state.
Developer Component Checklist
A practical checklist for checking custom buttons, links, names, roles, states, keyboard behavior, focus, and ARIA before component issues become review rework.
ARIA Is Not Duct Tape
Use ARIA to describe real component behavior, not to patch over missing HTML, keyboard support, labels, focus, or state.
Name, Role, and Value
Check whether custom controls expose what they are called, what they are, and what state they are in before ARIA becomes guesswork.
Status Messages and Alerts
A practical Field Guide page about making save messages, alerts, loading updates, and other screen changes understandable without forcing users to hunt for them.
Modals and Dialogs
A practical Field Guide page about making modals and dialogs understandable, keyboard-accessible, and easy to escape.
Accessible Names
A practical Field Guide page about how controls get the names people hear, see, speak, and navigate by.
