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W3C WAI: Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.5 Multiple Ways
Documents the accessibility goal of providing more than one way to locate content, supporting alternate navigation paths when a single route does not work for all users.
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| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallback path | Choose fallback path when the user needs an alternate way to finish the same task after the primary method is blocked, unsupported, unavailable, or unsuitable. | The fallback path is a different route to the same user outcome or an explicitly named support handoff, not another attempt at the same failing operation. | W3C documents the accessibility goal of giving users more than one way to locate content. |
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