Does compliance to WCAG 2.0 AA prevent the use of JavaScript?

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Roy Tang picture Roy Tang · Dec 5, 2011 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

Does compliance to WCAG 2.0 AA prevent the use of JavaScript?

My understanding based on Understanding Conformance is that we can still use JavaScript as long as we don't generate any content that is noncompliant and that we explicitly state we support JavaScript. Is that correct?

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graphicdivine picture graphicdivine · Dec 15, 2011

The short answer is, no, it doesn't. Your understanding is pretty much correct.

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