Evidence review
What to inspect before changing anything
Start with the delivered website and the real user journey. Record the current state so the team can distinguish an observed problem from an assumption and compare the same surface after deployment.
- 01Tab through every workflow
- 02Check custom widgets, menus and dialogs
- 03Find traps, missing focus and unexpected order
Implementation
A practical improvement plan
Make the smallest coherent change that solves the observed problem. Keep normal code review, accessibility, security and product checks in the loop instead of optimizing for the scan alone.
- 01Prefer native controls
- 02Implement expected keyboard patterns for widgets
- 03Keep DOM order aligned with reading order
Verification
How to verify the result
Verification should test the intended outcome and the most likely regression. Use the production delivery path whenever headers, caching, rendering or third-party services affect the result.
- 01Complete primary tasks using keyboard only
- 02Test reverse navigation and escape behavior
- 03Repeat at mobile breakpoints and zoom
Common pitfall
A shortcut to avoid
Adding tabindex=0 broadly can flood the tab sequence with elements that are not actionable.
Further reading
Primary guidance and references
These sources provide standards, security guidance or the interpretation framework used to keep this guide bounded. Product-specific implementation still requires review in the actual codebase.