Reduced motion
A user preference requesting less nonessential animation and movement.
What Reduced motion does not show
Respecting it reduces motion-triggered barriers but does not fix flashing or inaccessible controls.
Where Reduced motion comes up on this site
- How to test text color contrast on hover and keyboard focusEmulate reduced motion, or inject *{transition:none!important;animation:none!important} before you measure.
Related terms in Accessibility and provenance
What a page owes a keyboard, a screen reader and a fact-checker: the accessibility basics and the C2PA vocabulary for proving where a file came from.
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Questions about Reduced motion
What is Reduced motion?
A user preference requesting less nonessential animation and movement.
What does Reduced motion not show or guarantee?
Respecting it reduces motion-triggered barriers but does not fix flashing or inaccessible controls.
Which area of the glossary does Reduced motion belong to?
Accessibility and provenance: What a page owes a keyboard, a screen reader and a fact-checker: the accessibility basics and the C2PA vocabulary for proving where a file came from.
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