Accessibility

Jigsaw Grove is for anyone who enjoys a jigsaw at their own pace. Plenty of our players find small text, fiddly dragging or busy screens hard work, so we have tried to make the site easy on the eyes, easy on the hands and easy to follow. This page says what we have done, what we have not done, and how to tell us when something gets in your way.

You never have to drag a piece

Click a piece once and it comes up off the table and follows your pointer. Click again where it should go, and it goes down there. On a tablet or phone, tap the piece, then tap where it should go. Pieces you have already joined travel together in the same way. If you change your mind, press Escape and the piece goes back where it was.

There is nothing to switch on: it works for everyone, all the time, and dragging still works if you prefer it. The first time you pick up a piece this way, a short note tells you what to do next.

Easier to see

  • The text you read on these pages is large, and every button label on the puzzle screen, and the clock, is at least 16 pixels.
  • Every button on the puzzle screen says what it does in words, not only with a picture.
  • The colours of the text are chosen to be clearly readable against the background behind them.
  • The site still works when your browser is zoomed to 200%, and with Windows high contrast turned on. We check both with automated tests.
  • You can choose from eleven table colours and surfaces, so the pieces stand out against the table.
  • Preview shows you the finished picture, Guide picture lays a faint copy of it on the table, and Edge pieces shows only the pieces with a straight edge.
  • The Zoom buttons make the pieces bigger on screen, and Full screen gives the puzzle the whole of your screen.
  • Choosing fewer pieces on a puzzle's page gives you bigger pieces.

Easier on the hands

  • Every button on the puzzle screen is a big target: at least 44 pixels tall, and taller on a touch screen.
  • You can zoom with buttons. You never need to pinch.
  • There is no time limit. The clock stops when you press Pause, when you switch to another tab, and on its own if you leave the puzzle untouched for twelve minutes.

Calm and simple

  • Sound is off unless you turn it on.
  • If your computer or phone is set to reduce motion, the moving pictures and animations on the site stay still. On the front page, the Daily Jigsaw card also has its own button to stop the picture moving.
  • There are no adverts, no account to make, and no puzzles asking you to prove you are human.
  • Your puzzle saves itself as you go. Come back later on the same computer and it is where you left it, clock included.
  • On the puzzle screen, Settings lets you hide any tool you do not use.

Using a keyboard

The pages around the puzzles work with a keyboard. On the puzzle screen, press Tab to reach the tools and use the arrow keys to move between them. When a box opens, the keyboard stays inside it until you close it, and then returns you to where you were.

Changing the settings

  • On the puzzle screen, the tools are in the column on the right: Pause, Preview, Edge pieces, Guide picture, Zoom, Full screen, Table colour, Sound and Settings.
  • On the Settings page (the link is at the top of the front page), you can turn Raised edges on or off.
  • To make everything bigger, use your browser's zoom: hold Ctrl and press + (on a Mac, hold Cmd and press +).
  • To reduce motion or turn on high contrast, use your computer's or phone's own accessibility settings. The site follows them.

Tell us when something is in your way

If something is hard to see, hard to reach or hard to understand, we want to know, and we will look for a way to fix it. Use the feedback page: there is no account to make, and you only leave an email address if you would like a reply. Or write to [email protected]. A person reads every message. It helps to say what you were trying to do, and what computer, tablet or phone you were using.

Last reviewed 22 September 2026.