During a web development project, I had an exchange with intern developers who asked me if “back-to-top” buttons on web pages should be made keyboard accessible, based on an article they found on the internet, which seemed to support the decision not to make it accessible. Unfortunately, I can’t find that article anymore, so I’m writing this one as a reminder.
The argument was that this type of button is the last element on the page, and only one tab away to get keyboard-only users back to the top of the page anyway, so it seemed repetitive.