Scroll-to-top buttons must be accessible; here’s why!
<p>During a web development project, I had an exchange with intern developers who asked me if “back-to-top” buttons on web pages should be made keyboard accessible, based on an article they found on the internet, which seemed to support the decision <strong><em>not</em></strong> to make it accessible. Unfortunately, I can’t find that article anymore, so I’m writing this one as a reminder.</p>
<p>The argument was that this type of button is the last element on the page, and only one tab away to get <a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">keyboard-only users</a> back to the top of the page anyway, so it seemed repetitive.</p>
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