Test an AI notice with keyboard navigation

When to use this guide

A notice opens a details dialog that traps focus after it is closed, preventing the user from reaching the chat input.

This is a fictional implementation scenario. The procedure below is Article 50 Hub's suggested working method, not a prescribed legal form, a customer result or a claim that every step is an additional statutory requirement.

Review procedure

1. Start from the actual conversation entry route without using a pointer.

2. Navigate through the notice, details and dismissal controls in order.

3. Open and close any dialog and inspect focus placement and visible focus.

4. Record barriers with the exact sequence and test again after correction.

What the example review finds

• Focus returns to a hidden control after the dialog closes.

• The notice's details link cannot be reached by keyboard.

Keep these example observations separate from your own results. An unknown or untested state should stay open until the relevant evidence has been inspected.

Fields for your working record

• Entry route

• Key sequence

• Focused control

• Expected destination

• Observed barrier

Use the downloadable blank worksheet linked on this page to connect the observed behavior with the deployed system. Add a reviewer, date, evidence reference, unresolved questions and a next action. The worksheet is editable locally and does not upload your records to Article 50 Hub.

Completion and handoff

Close the task only for the scope actually reviewed. Preserve the result that another authorized reviewer can reproduce, identify the owner of remaining work, and record a retest when the implementation changes. A completed worksheet is not a substitute for the underlying evidence.

Decision boundary

Keyboard testing is one part of accessibility evaluation and does not establish full conformance.

The official references below provide legal or technical context. Resolve applicability and exception questions with the responsible qualified reviewer; use the product's tools to organize implementation work within that assessment.