ArcGIS Online and Digital Accessibility

[LoganCaruthers1]

Hi Everyone! 

At my company we are required to comply with the ADA Title II federal law which addresses digital accessibility. One of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) addresses relying on dragging for navigation. The following is the guideline

Guideline 2.5.7: Dragging Movements (Level AA): 

Goal: Don't rely on dragging for user actions

Example: A map allows users to drag the view of the map around, and the map has up/down/left/right buttons to move the view as well

I have run into an issue with this guideline as my maps in Dashboards and Experience Builder do not have a button for moving the view left and right. As far as I know, (did some research), it seems like ArcGIS Online does not have a capability for this. Please correct me if I am mistaken! I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this?

I've been told to use the keyboard, however some disabled users are unable to use the keyboard which is why the single button click is required for the guideline. Thanks for the help! 

[David_McRitchie]

Hey I would post this on the Accessibility board as well, its a good idea https://community.esri.com/t5/accessibility/ct-p/accessibility

At present, the only method I would know to do this would be coding it with the ArcGIS SDK for JavaScript using a directional pad.

This one is a bit older and specific to gamepads, but might also be something to explore if you have users with custom input devices- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/js-api-arcgis/mapping/navigation-with-gamepad-support

Hope that helps,

David