Imagine you can see all those fascinating things to click on in a Flash application. What if you cannot operate a mouse? What if your screen reader tells you they are there, but you cannot see them to point at them with a cursor? To avoid frustrating your non-mouse-using audience, every Flash file must also be keyboard accessible.

Select Next to experience a demonstration of what it is like when an application is not keyboard accessible and you cannot use a mouse.

Topic Menu: | Introduction | User Perspective: Mouse Required
User Perspective: Need for Shortcuts | Provide Keyboard Accessibility
Objects that Must Be Keyboard Accessible | Functionality that Must Be Keyboard Accessible
Creating Good Keyboard Shortcuts | Conceptual Knowledge Checks
How to Make a Movie Clip Button Keyboard Accessible | How to Add Keyboard Shortcuts
How to Make Read-only Text and Controls Keyboard Accessible
How to Make Changing Dynamic Text Keyboard Accessible | Technical Knowledge Checks