Check every essential video control with a keyboard

What to change

Ask the supplier to demonstrate the complete player interaction through keyboard controls, including less prominent settings.

A worked example

Illustrative example

A visitor pauses an introductory video, moves back to replay a section and switches captions on without changing their input method.

How to check the result

Accept when all essential controls are discoverable, operable and escapable using a keyboard in the supported player configuration.

A mistake to avoid

An accessible player brand does not establish that your selected skin, embed settings and surrounding page preserve its working controls.

Your action checklist

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to recordReach the player without a mouse and operate play, pause, seek and volume where provided. Check each focused control remains visible and has a meaningful name.Open captions and any settings menu. Ask the supplier to show how to move among options, close the menu and return to the player.Continue past the player into the page, then navigate backwards. The embedded controls should not trap the visitor or require closing the browser tab.

Evidence, open questions and decisionsNext action and responsible role

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