Meeting basic accessibility requirements (HTML)

[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]

This section focuses on the essential aspects of Windows Runtime app using JavaScript accessibility. It describes how to implement an app UI that provides a good visual experience for the user, and that enables the user to accomplish main scenarios by using the keyboard and a screen reader. Your app must meet the basic accessibility requirements described in these topics if you want to declare your app as accessible in the Windows Store.

In this section

• Exposing basic information about UI elements
• Implementing keyboard accessibility
• Supporting high contrast themes
• Meeting requirements for accessible text
• Making live regions accessible
• Making tables accessible
• Supporting drag-and-drop operations

Related topics

Accessibility for Windows Runtime apps using JavaScript and HTML