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WCAG 2.2 is published

The WCAG 2.2 guidelines have now reached “W3C Recommendation” status.

In What’s New in WCAG 2.2, the W3C summarise:

• WCAG 2.2 introduces 9 additional success criteria since WCAG 2.1.
• All other success criteria remain essentially unchanged, except for “4.1.1 Parsing”, which is now considered obsolete and has been removed in 2.2.

The new criteria are made up of:

• 3 new criteria in Guideline 2.4 Navigable:
  • 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA)
  • 2.4.12 Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced) (AAA)
  • 2.4.13 Focus Appearance (AAA)
• 2 new criteria in Guideline 2.5 Input Modalities:
  • 2.5.7 Dragging Movements (AA)
  • 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (AA)
• 1 new criterion in Guideline 3.2 Predictable:
  • 3.2.6 Consistent Help (A)
• And 3 new criteria in Guideline 3.3 Input Assistance:
  • 3.3.7 Redundant Entry (A)
  • 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (AA)
  • 3.3.9 Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) (AAA)

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