Accessibility Standards Explorer

Explore the details of common accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 A, AA, and AAA.

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Selected Standards: SECTION508
area-alt

Description: Ensure <area> elements of image maps have alternative text

Help: Active <area> elements must have alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/area-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag244wcag412section508section508.22.aTTv5TT6.aEN-301-549EN-9.2.4.4EN-9.4.1.2ACT

audio-caption

Description: Ensure <audio> elements have captions

Help: <audio> elements must have a captions track

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/audio-caption?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.time-and-mediawcag2awcag121EN-301-549EN-9.1.2.1section508section508.22.adeprecated

blink

Description: Ensure <blink> elements are not used

Help: <blink> elements are deprecated and must not be used

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/blink?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.time-and-mediawcag2awcag222section508section508.22.jTTv5TT2.bEN-301-549EN-9.2.2.2

button-name

Description: Ensure buttons have discernible text

Help: Buttons must have discernible text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/button-name?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.name-role-valuewcag2awcag412section508section508.22.aTTv5TT6.aEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2ACT

bypass

Description: Ensure each page has at least one mechanism for a user to bypass navigation and jump straight to the content

Help: Page must have means to bypass repeated blocks

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/bypass?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.keyboardwcag2awcag241section508section508.22.oTTv5TT9.aEN-301-549EN-9.2.4.1

frame-title

Description: Ensure <iframe> and <frame> elements have an accessible name

Help: Frames must have an accessible name

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/frame-title?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag412section508section508.22.iTTv5TT12.dEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2

image-alt

Description: Ensure <img> elements have alternative text or a role of none or presentation

Help: Images must have alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/image-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag111section508section508.22.aTTv5TT7.aTT7.bEN-301-549EN-9.1.1.1ACT

input-button-name

Description: Ensure input buttons have discernible text

Help: Input buttons must have discernible text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/input-button-name?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.name-role-valuewcag2awcag412section508section508.22.aTTv5TT5.cEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2ACT

input-image-alt

Description: Ensure <input type="image"> elements have alternative text

Help: Image buttons must have alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/input-image-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag111wcag412section508section508.22.aTTv5TT7.aEN-301-549EN-9.1.1.1EN-9.4.1.2ACT

label

Description: Ensure every form element has a label

Help: Form elements must have labels

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/label?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.formswcag2awcag412section508section508.22.nTTv5TT5.cEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2ACT

object-alt

Description: Ensure <object> elements have alternative text

Help: <object> elements must have alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/object-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag111section508section508.22.aEN-301-549EN-9.1.1.1

role-img-alt

Description: Ensure [role="img"] elements have alternative text

Help: [role="img"] elements must have an alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/role-img-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag111section508section508.22.aTTv5TT7.aEN-301-549EN-9.1.1.1ACT

select-name

Description: Ensure select element has an accessible name

Help: Select element must have an accessible name

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/select-name?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.formswcag2awcag412section508section508.22.nTTv5TT5.cEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2ACT

server-side-image-map

Description: Ensure that server-side image maps are not used

Help: Server-side image maps must not be used

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/server-side-image-map?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag211section508section508.22.fTTv5TT4.aEN-301-549EN-9.2.1.1

summary-name

Description: Ensure summary elements have discernible text

Help: Summary elements must have discernible text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/summary-name?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.name-role-valuewcag2awcag412section508section508.22.aTTv5TT6.aEN-301-549EN-9.4.1.2

svg-img-alt

Description: Ensure <svg> elements with an img, graphics-document or graphics-symbol role have an accessible text

Help: <svg> elements with an img role must have an alternative text

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/svg-img-alt?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag111section508section508.22.aTTv5TT7.aEN-301-549EN-9.1.1.1ACT

table-fake-caption

Description: Ensure that tables with a caption use the <caption> element.

Help: Data or header cells must not be used to give caption to a data table.

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/table-fake-caption?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.tablesexperimentalwcag2awcag131section508section508.22.gEN-301-549EN-9.1.3.1

td-has-header

Description: Ensure that each non-empty data cell in a <table> larger than 3 by 3 has one or more table headers

Help: Non-empty <td> elements in larger <table> must have an associated table header

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/td-has-header?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.tablesexperimentalwcag2awcag131section508section508.22.gTTv5TT14.bEN-301-549EN-9.1.3.1

td-headers-attr

Description: Ensure that each cell in a table that uses the headers attribute refers only to other cells in that table

Help: Table cells that use the headers attribute must only refer to cells in the same table

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/td-headers-attr?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.tableswcag2awcag131section508section508.22.gTTv5TT14.bEN-301-549EN-9.1.3.1

th-has-data-cells

Description: Ensure that <th> elements and elements with role=columnheader/rowheader have data cells they describe

Help: Table headers in a data table must refer to data cells

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/th-has-data-cells?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.tableswcag2awcag131section508section508.22.gTTv5TT14.bEN-301-549EN-9.1.3.1

video-caption

Description: Ensure <video> elements have captions

Help: <video> elements must have captions

Help URL: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.10/video-caption?application=axeAPI

Tags: cat.text-alternativeswcag2awcag122section508section508.22.aTTv5TT17.aEN-301-549EN-9.1.2.2

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