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W3C WAI Tutorials: Carousels
Documents accessible carousel structure, functionality, animations, styling, user controls, stop and resume behavior, and announcement of carousel items.
Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carousel | Choose carousel when a small set of peer slides must share a constrained visual slot and users can move through them with explicit controls. | Previous and next controls change the current slide by one step or follow a clearly indicated wrap rule. | Supports accessible structure, functionality, animation controls, item announcement, and styling. |
| Carousel auto-advance without pause | Flag the anti-pattern whenever visible carousel content changes automatically and a pause or stop control is missing, delayed, hidden, or unreachable before the moving content. | Pause or Stop rotation immediately freezes the visible slide, updates the motion state, and remains available for resume or restart. | WAI tutorial supports animation controls and accessible carousel item behavior. |
Evidence Role
This source is treated as spec evidence. Use it to validate the decision rules above, not as a visual style reference.
Publisher: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. Last checked: .