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Expand Up @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ See also the [Comments on Closed Functionality](#comments-on-closed-functionalit

###### Applying SC 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus to Non-Web Documents and Software

This applies directly as written, and as described in [Intent from Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.13](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/content-on-hover-or-focus.html), replacing "user agent" with "user agent or other platform software", "browser tooltips" with "tooltips", and "the HTML title attribute" with "user interface object attributes".
This applies directly as written, and as described in [Intent from Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.13](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/content-on-hover-or-focus.html), replacing "user agent" with "user agent or other platform software", "browser tooltips" with "tooltips", "the HTML title attribute" with "user interface object attributes", "links" with "links or other UI controls", and "a page" with "the non-web document or software".

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Expand All @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Examples of additional content controlled by the <INS>[user agent or other platf
<div class="note">Custom tooltips, sub-menus, and other nonmodal popups that display on hover and focus are examples of additional content covered by this criterion.</div>
<div class="note">

This criterion applies to content that appears in addition to the triggering component itself. Since hidden components that are made visible on keyboard focus (such as links used to skip to another part of a page) do not present additional content they are not covered by this criterion.</div>
This criterion applies to content that appears in addition to the triggering component itself. Since hidden components that are made visible on keyboard focus (such as <INS>[links or other UI controls]</INS> used to skip to another part of <INS>[the non-web document or software]</INS>) do not present additional content they are not covered by this criterion.</div>

### operable

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