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Default pointer used

supplemental

Normative Text

The user can ensure that the appearance of the pointer is not overridden by the authored interface.

Except when

  • Changing the pointer appearance is essential.

Methods & best practices:

  • No scripting or styling overrides the pointer indicator appearance.
  • A setting is provided so that the pointer indicator appearance is not overridden.
Tests

This section is non-normative.

Procedure

For each pointer indicator:

  1. Check that the pointer uses the standard platform indicator.
  2. Check for a setting that the user can enable to use the standard platform indicator.

Expected results

  • #1 or #2 is true.

Tests

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Key Terms

pointer

a hardware-agnostic representation of input devices that can target a specific coordinate (or set of coordinates) on a screen, such as a mouse, pen, or touch contact