{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/complete-the-journey-with-the-keyboard-alone",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1100",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Complete the journey with the keyboard alone",
  "summary": "Being able to reach a button is not the same as finishing the task.",
  "kind": "checklist",
  "body": "Try a meaningful journey without the pointer: start, edit, submit, recover and leave. Observe focus and available actions at each step. A keyboard check should expose a blocked task, not merely count controls reached by Tab.",
  "limits": [
    "Some path-dependent input has specific exceptions. This small check does not replace assistive-technology testing or a full accessibility evaluation."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "accessible-workflows-50"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-EF6E9CB357047C5B"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "WCAG 2.1.1 requires functionality to be operable through a keyboard interface, with an exception for input that depends on the path of movement.",
      "source_id": "RS-EF6E9CB357047C5B",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "This card inspects ordinary interface tasks, not every path-dependent interaction or accessibility criterion.",
      "locator": "Success criterion and intent."
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A feature works with a mouse but keyboard access has not been checked."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Some path-dependent input has specific exceptions. This small check does not replace assistive-technology testing or a full accessibility evaluation."
  ],
  "example": "A recording dialog opens from the keyboard, but its close control cannot be reached. The journey fails despite a working Start button.",
  "check": "Can a fresh tester complete and exit the chosen task without pointer assistance?",
  "checklist": [
    "Can you reach and operate every control needed for the task?",
    "Can you tell where focus is and follow a sensible order?",
    "Can you leave a dialog or recover from an error without using the mouse?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-EF6E9CB357047C5B",
      "title": "Understanding Success Criterion 2.1.1: Keyboard",
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/keyboard.html"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1100",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1103",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/keep-the-field-s-identity-after-the-user-starts-typing"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-F151F4A278F577C4",
      "title": "Make the task usable across different ways of accessing it",
      "url": "/collections/make-the-task-usable-across-different-ways-of-accessing-it"
    }
  ]
}