Designed for Inclusion: Writing CSS with Accessibility in Mind

%FTJHOFE Writing CSS with Accessibility in Mind *ODMVTJPO GPS Manuel
Matuzović @mmatuzo CSSConf Budapest 10/2017

Manuel Matuzović @mmatuzo

{ } <frameset cols="17%,*,17%" border="0" noresize="" frameborder="0"> </frameset> Look ma,
no CSS!

{ } <frameset cols="17%,*,17%" border="0" noresize="" frameborder="0"> </frameset> Look ma,
no CSS! <frame noresize="" scrolling="auto" src="left.html"> <frame name="main" noresize="" scrolling="auto" src="start.html"> <frame noresize="" scrolling="auto" src="right.html">

{ } <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bordercolor="#004400" border="1" bgcolor="#006700" align="left" width="442%">
Float? Flexbox? Grid? Pﬀf! <table>

Float? Flexbox? Grid? Pﬀf! <table> ???

Float? Flexbox? Grid? Pﬀf! <table> <tbody> <tr> <td width="23%">Name:</td> <td> Manuel Matuzovic</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> ???

{ } <body link="004600" text="ffffff" bgcolor="005600" alink="004600" vlink="004600"> HTML tags
and attributes for global page styles

{ } <body link="004600" text="ffffff" bgcolor="005600" alink="004600" vlink="004600"> HTML tags
and attributes for global page styles <font size="4" face="arial"> <table> ... </table> </font> </body>

CSS 2.1 ❤

CSS 2.1 ﬂoat position text-align overﬂow border visibility background-repeat color
font-size max-height margin line-height clip display ❤

CSS 3 ❤

CSS 3 border-radius box-shadow text-shadow background-size text-overﬂow transform transition column
animation calc() gradients web fonts ❤

CSS Flexbox Grid Custom properties (CSS variables) Feature queries (@supports)
Filters Shapes blend-modes Scroll Snap Points sticky :not()

With great power comes great responsibility Uncle Ben

. } a11y_1 font-size {

Zeit Online 20px CSS-Tricks 21px Medium 21px CSSConf Budapest 20px
Jeﬀrey Zeldman 24px Max Böck 22px

https://blog.marvelapp.com/body-text-small/

. } a11y_2 line-height {

. } a11y_3 text-align {

. } a11y_4 paragraph width {

DIBSBDUFST QFSMJOF

{ } p { max-width: 65ch; } ch represents the
width of the glyph „0“ in the element’s font.

:: } a11y_5 content {

{ } h2::after { content: "DON'T DO THIS"; } Don’t
add text via CSS.

{ } span::before { content:"\00d7"; } ::before and ::after are
great for adding icons and symbols

{ } span::before { content:"\00d7"; } ::before and ::after are
great for adding icons and symbols →

{ } <span aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon--times"></span> Hiding content semantically

. } a11y_6 color contrast {

Colors & Color Contrast

Colors & Color Contrast ๏ ~285 million people are visually
impaired

impaired ๏ 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision

impaired ๏ 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision ๏ 7 to 12% of men and less than 1% of women have some form of color-vision deﬁciency

impaired ๏ 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision ๏ 7 to 12% of men and less than 1% of women have some form of color-vision deﬁciency ๏ People dim their screens

impaired ๏ 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision ๏ 7 to 12% of men and less than 1% of women have some form of color-vision deﬁciency ๏ People dim their screens ๏ People use their smartphones outside even when the sun is shining

[…] enough contrast between text and its background so that
it can be read by people with moderately low vision […] https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast-contrast.html

Contrast ratio

Contrast ratio ๏ 1:1 same color for text and background

๏ 1:21 black text on white background and vice versa

๏ 1:21 black text on white background and vice versa ๏ Minimum ratio for normal text less than 24px 4.5:1

๏ 1:21 black text on white background and vice versa ๏ Minimum ratio for normal text less than 24px 4.5:1 ๏ Minimum ratio for bold text less than 19px 3:1

๏ 1:21 black text on white background and vice versa ๏ Minimum ratio for normal text less than 24px 4.5:1 ๏ Minimum ratio for bold text less than 19px 3:1 ๏ Larger text: 3:1

๏ 1:21 black text on white background and vice versa ๏ Minimum ratio for normal text less than 24px 4.5:1 ๏ Minimum ratio for bold text less than 19px 3:1 ๏ Larger text: 3:1 ๏ Level AAA: At least 7:1 and 4.5:1

1. Use Chrome Canary 2. Enable experiments: chrome://ﬂags/#enable-devtools- experiments (copy
and paste this internal link into Canary) 3. From devtools, open settings (F1) 4. Open the experiments panel 5. Hit shift seven times (no, I'm not kidding) 6. Check the "Color contrast ratio line in color picker" https://remysharp.com/2017/08/17/contrast-ratio-in-devtools

Though age has indeed taken its toll on my eyesight,
it turns out that I was suﬀering from a design trend. Kevin Marks

@ } print { media a11y_7

{ } @media print { } Add the @media declaration
block to your CSS for print speciﬁc styles

{ } @media print { } .header { position: static;
} Add the @media declaration block to your CSS for print speciﬁc styles

{ } nav { display: none; } @media print {
} .header { position: static; } Add the @media declaration block to your CSS for print speciﬁc styles

{ } body > *:not(main){ display: none; } Hiding all
children of <body> except for <main>

{ } section { margin-bottom: 2cm; font-size: 14pt; padding: 8mm;
} Using absolute units for print styles is absolutely ﬁne

{ } a[href^="http"]:not([href*="mywebsite.com"])::after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; }
Selecting all links with an absolute link except links to your site

a[href^="http"] Selecting all links with an absolute link except links to your site

:not([href*="mywebsite.com"]) Selecting all links with an absolute link except links to your site

Selecting all links with an absolute link except links to your site ::after

" (" attr(href) ")" Selecting all links with an absolute link except links to your site

: } a11y_8 focus {

{ } <button>Button</button> If you need a button, use <button>

<div class="btn">Button</div>

<div class="btn">Button</div> <div class="btn" tabindex="0">Button</div>

{ } *:focus { outline: none; } Don’t just remove
the default outline (dotted outline, blue or orange ring) without providing alternate styles.

{ } input:focus { outline: 2px solid #000000; } :focus
pseudo class for custom focus styles

{ } form:focus-within { box-shadow: 0 0 4px 6px #000000;
} :focus-within select an element which has child elements that are currently focused.

{ } :focus { outline: none; } Applying focus styles
only for appropriate input modalities

{ } :focus { outline: none; } :focus-ring { outline:
2px solid blue; } Applying focus styles only for appropriate input modalities

https://github.com/WICG/focus-ring

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/design/inclusive

Permanent Temporary Situational https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/design/inclusive

. } a9y_11 derro {

. } a11y_9 order {

{ } <ul> <li> <a href="#"> <img src="/drink3.jpg" alt="A delicious
drink" /> </a> </li> … </ul>

{ } ul { } A grid with as many
180px wide columns as possible

{ } ul { } display: grid; A grid with
as many 180px wide columns as possible

{ } ul { } display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(180px,
1fr)); A grid with as many 180px wide columns as possible

1fr)); grid-gap: 20px; A grid with as many 180px wide columns as possible

1fr)); grid-gap: 20px; grid-auto-rows: 180px; A grid with as many 180px wide columns as possible

{ } CSS Grid Layout explicit placement .long { grid-row:
span 2; }

{ } .large { grid-row: span 2; } CSS Grid
Layout explicit placement .long { grid-row: span 2; }

Layout explicit placement .long { grid-row: span 2; } .large1 { grid-column: span 2 / -1; }

Layout explicit placement .long { grid-row: span 2; } .large1 { grid-column: span 2 / -1; } .large2 { grid-column: 1 / span 2; }

{ } ul { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(180px, 1fr));
grid-gap: 20px; grid-auto-rows: 180px; grid-auto-flow: dense; } grid-auto-flow tries to ﬁll the gaps in a grid

Properties that affect order ๏ Flexbox (flex-direction, order,…) ๏ position
๏ float ๏ Negative margins ๏ Grid (order, grid-auto-flow, grid-row, grid-column,…)

. } a11y_10 progressive enhancement {

You Don’t Have To Overwrite Everything ๏ display: inline-block ๏
display: table-cell ๏ vertical-align ๏ column-* properties ๏ float …have no effect on grid- or flex-items

. } a11y_11 ﬂat structures {

{ } <div class="wrapper"> <h2>Heading</h2> <ul> <li>Element 1</li> <li>Element 2</li>
<li>Element 3</li> <li>Element 4</li> <li>Element 5</li> <li>Element 6</li> </ul> </div> A div with two direct child items (h2 and ul)

{ } .wrapper { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px repeat(2, 1fr);
grid-gap: 20px; } h2 { grid-column: 2 / -1; } A grid with 3 columns

{ } <div class="wrapper"> <h2>Heading</h2> <div>Element 1</div> <div>Element 2</div> <div>Element
3</div> <div>Element 4</div> <div>Element 5</div> <div>Element 6</div> </div> Don’t ﬂatten the structure of your document and compromise on semantics!

{ } ul { display: subgrid; } display: subgrid didn’t
make it into level 1 of the speciﬁcation.

{ } ul { display: contents; } display: contents causes
an element's children to appear as if they were direct children of the element's parent.

{ } ul { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px repeat(2, 1fr);
grid-gap: 20px; } Alternative: Deﬁning a nested grid

{ } ul { grid-column: 1 / -1; display: inherit;
grid-template-columns: inherit; grid-gap: inherit; display: contents; } It’s possible to inherit grid properties

{ } <div class="wrapper"> <h2>Heading</h2> <div>Element 1</div> <div>Element 2</div> <div>Element
3</div> <div>Element 4</div> <div>Element 5</div> <div>Element 6</div> </div> Don’t ﬂatten the structure of your document and compromise on semantics!

{ } Don’t ﬂatten the structure of your document and
compromise on semantics!

Designing with constraints in mind is simply designing well. Aaron
Gustafson

https://medium.com/@matuzo/

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