The Accessible Interaction States Pattern
Explore how to implement the Accessible Interaction States pattern using CSS to provide clear visual feedback for hover, focus, active, and disabled states. Understand how to enhance usability and inclusivity by using semantic pseudo-classes and ensuring keyboard and screen reader support. This lesson helps you design accessible interfaces with balanced, distinctive interaction cues that improve navigation and user experience.
The Accessible Interaction States pattern is all about making sure our UI responds clearly and inclusively to user interactions—whether that’s hover, focus, active, disabled, or ARIA-driven state changes. This also helps ensure that users can clearly perceive and navigate through an interface, regardless of their input method or abilities. By providing visible focus styles, hover feedback, active cues, and disabled states, we make interactions understandable and inclusive, especially for keyboard users and screen ...