Best Practices for Making Interactive Drag-and-Drop Activities Fully Accessible?

Hi everyone,

I’m experimenting with some drag-and-drop activities in Xerte, and while they work great visually, I’m struggling to ensure they are fully accessible — especially for screen reader users and keyboard navigation.

Are there any tips, workarounds, or official patterns within Xerte for making these types of interactions WCAG 2.1 compliant? Or should I avoid drag-and-drop entirely in accessible learning objects?

Would love to hear how others are tackling this — or if there are any updates planned in future versions.

Best,
Jhonn Mick

What exactly isn't working and why?
When you say "I’m struggling to ensure they are fully accessible — especially for screen reader users and keyboard navigation" what exactly have you done to ensure or found that you can't?
Provide some specific examples with links and screenshots and we might be able to advise.

Also you don't mention version but see the section about accessibility enhancements in the 3.14 release note xot.xerte.org.uk/play.php?template_id=81#v314section8 and also the linked accessibility statement.