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Accessible faceted search on Adobe Commerce: keyboard, screen reader and the patterns that pass audit

Implementing accessible faceted search on Adobe Commerce requires adherence to specific ARIA patterns and keyboard navigation standards. We evaluate the common pitfalls and effective strategies for ensuring WCAG compliance that pass audit for B2B and B2C implementations.

Heddwyn Coombs· Creative and Digital Director
5 min readReviewed December 2024
"Accessible faceted search on Adobe Commerce requires meticulous implementation of ARIA patterns and thoughtful keyboard navigation to ensure WCAG compliance."
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Heddwyn Coombs, Creative and Digital Director at iWeb
Heddwyn Coombs
Creative and Digital Director
29 years at iWeb

Heddwyn co-founded iWeb and leads creative and digital direction across the agency. Adobe Commerce architect since the Magento 1 era, he writes the strategy notes on platform choice, headless, agentic checkout, AI for commerce and the trade-offs leadership teams hit when modern tooling meets operational reality. Opinionated about data structure, design systems and catalogue size, cautious about unnecessary frontend complexity, and focused on work that stays commercially manageable over time.

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