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Complex controls:
Focuses on VoiceOver, VirtualCat.
SwiftUI & UI Frameworks / 16:25
Refine accessibility for custom controls
SwiftUI & UI FrameworksAccessibility & Inclusioniosipadosmacostvosvisionoswatchos
Key Points
- Covers the full potential of interactive app elements by making them accessible to everyone.
- Breaks down how people understand and use controls with VoiceOver and other assistive technologies, exploring a variety of input methods like actions, the passthrough gesture.
- Covers several custom controls and the accessibility refinements that make them work better with assistive technologies.
- The session moves through Guiding principles, Complex controls.
- Key concepts include VoiceOver, VirtualCat.
- Platform coverage: ios, ipados, macos, tvos, visionos, watchos.
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- A custom control needs to expose the same information its visuals imply: purpose, current value, available actions, and feedback as the value changes.
- The slider example maps those needs to VoiceOver output: a label, a percentage value, an adjustable trait, and a hint for changing the value.
- Nonstandard gestures should not be the only path; add accessible actions or direct-touch behavior when the control's interaction model requires it.
- Complex controls need meaningful accessibility structure, not just a single wrapper around many visual subparts.
- The examples are meant to be tested across assistive technologies such as VoiceOver, Switch Control, keyboard input, and platform-specific interaction methods.