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Re: WCAG 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast for Previous and Next icons which are disabled by default

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Jan 6, 2023 6:13AM

Essentially what this is saying is that a web designer or content author cannot be blamed for choices that the browser makes or disable components. So, if you change the styling of the next previous buttons at all, then, contrast issues are yours to resolve but if you leave them, with the browser default styling then You can pass this criteria.

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> On Jan 6, 2023, at 7:35 AM, allyssa jessicon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, Good morning!
>
> Is previous (disabled) and next (disabled) components in a pagination
> is determined by U/A and not by the author?
> WCAG says - Visual information required to identify user interface
> components and states, Quote: except for inactive components or where
> the appearance of the component is determined by the user agent and
> not modified by the author; Quote:
> A webpage is having some contents which are included in a single page
> view and the previous and next arrow icons are therefore unavailable
> which does not have minimum contrast requirement. I'm a bit confused
> by the quoted terminology above to determine if this is an actual
> failure or not.
>
> I appreciate your response.
>
>
> Regards,
> Alysa.
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