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Level AWCAG 2.1WCAG 2.2EN 301 549 § 9.2.5.2

2.5.2
Pointer Cancellation

An action must not fire on the press — the user needs a chance to back out.

What the standard says

For functionality that can be operated using a single pointer, at least one of the following is true:

Why it matters

People with tremor land on the wrong control regularly. Firing on mousedown removes the ability to slide off and cancel.

What a failure looks like

  • failsA delete button bound to `mousedown` or `pointerdown`.

How to fix it

  • doFire on `click` / the up event, or provide an undo.

How A11ySignal checks it

manual

No automated rule can judge this criterion, and we will not pretend otherwise. A clean scan does not mean 2.5.2 passes — it means nothing we can measure fails. This one needs a person.

Also under 2.5 Input Modalities