WCAG 2.3.3: Disabling animations doesn't disable animations

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By Hanhula on 09/02/2026
· Assigned to Xuroth

Sliding animations and motion across WA's editor UI cause me extreme nausea and motion sickness. There is meant to be a toggle for this. At some point, it stopped working and hasn't been fixed for months. I can't currently access WorldAnvil's edit UI without experiencing nausea and dizziness every time I try to navigate around.   While it can be bypassed for articles by using the old editor and the API, there's no otherwise accessible option for getting to the image manager that I'm aware of. Ideally, all pieces of UI should be accessible without animations, especially animations that swipe across the entire screen or cause lag.   As a bonus info tidbit, this is covered under SC 2.3.3. of WCAG which can be read here. I think my particular reaction to this is likely also because the animations aren't smooth on my PC (they stutter/lag) - I experience similar in VR when the VR environment stutters due to low framerates, and this is a very common reproducible reaction across users.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Log into WorldAnvil. 2. Press any option on the left-hand sidebar (e.g. articles). 3. Observe that there is a slide-out motion across the entire screen. 4. Navigate to https://www.worldanvil.com/dashboard/user/features 5. Change the state of the 'disable animations' toggle (note: it is unclear whether enabling this disables or enables animations) 6. Observe that regardless of the toggle's state, the animations still play.

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Firefox

Related Entity

The whole "backend" / editor UI - mostly the left-hand panel.

History

katerinach @ 08 Sep, 2026 02:50:02 Developer
Assigned xuroth