Accessibility Techniques

New Text Fields and Tabs techniques for Watch New Watch App Screenshots

New Accessibility Sort Priority technique for iOS and watchOS. New Touch Target Size, Pickers, and Sheets techniques for watchOS. New screenshots added.

New Accessibility Identifier technique for iOS. Updated Toggles technique for iOS to use sensory feedback to provide haptic feedback on custom toggle controls.

New Charts technique for iOS. New Combining Focus technique for watchOS.

Improved the Charts good example custom legend to look better at larger dynamic type sizes.

Updated GitHub project Readme.md file with alphabetically sorted index of a11y techniques documentation. New Documentation link toolbar icon button that opens documentation index page in a .fullscreenCover.

New Videos technique and accessibility documentation.

Menu using Button with checkmark Image example moved under Platform Defects due to the icon image on the left side disappearing at largest dynamic type sizes. Menu using Picker with built-in selected state image that shows on the left side at all dynamic type sizes added.

Error messages moved above the inputs on the Error Validation technique page. Accessibility Detection technique now includes a list of Detectable Accessibility Features. See you at CSUN next week! :)

Sheets good example now works with Full Keyboard Access.

New Accessibility Responds To User Interaction technique with a working bad example for Switch Control, Voice Control, and Full Keyboard Access

The Accessibility Actions technique page now includes an Editing mode in the good example to provide single tap button alternatives to the swipe to delete and long press gestures.

Horizontal Scroll good example now works with iPad split views that are 320 wide. Fixed a VoiceOver reading order bug in the good Responsive Layouts example. Added a PlainButtonStyle to the first good example Carousel slide read more button to test how to show good contrast when a touch user presses and holds on a button to display the active state.

Reading Order technique and documentation update to show a good example using .accessibilityElement(children: .combine) as well as .contain

App and techniques updated for iOS 26. Search bar is now placed at the bottom on iPhone. Markdown .md documentation files now link to each .swift technique file. New Techniques: Containers Accessibility Traits Toolbars TipKit Platform Defects Now Fixed: Text Fields for watchOS 26 now correctly speak their accessibility labels to VoiceOver.

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New Choice Button Group Error Message good and bad example added to Error Validation technique page.

Language of Page technique with good and bad examples using .environment locale Switch Control action icon bad example Accessibility action label icons dynamicTypeSize range capping technique with good and bad examples Bad example for uncapped largeTitle heading with card layout fullScreenCover examples added to Sheets technique

a11y-check technique page with good and bad examples for all 31 static analysis rules Contrast technique page with good and bad examples for text contrast (WCAG 1.4.3) and non-text contrast (WCAG 1.4.11) Alphabetical section headings on technique index for VoiceOver rotor navigation (issue #14) Badge accessibility examples for custom tab bars (good and bad) in Tabs technique Drag & Drop technique with accessible reorder controls (tap-to-select, Move Up/Down buttons, accessibility actions) Multi-Selection Lists technique with good and bad examples using .accessibilityAddTraits(.isSelected) and .accessibilityValue

Accessibility Label Accessibility Value Accessibility Hint Custom choice buttons added to Radio Buttons