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Interactive element names available

Core requirement

Persistent names (including labels) that identify the purpose of the interactive element are visually and programmatically available.

Visible labels can be text or non-text, for instance icons.

Methods & best practices

  • Method: Provide unique, descriptive text or image (icon) for each interactive element.
  • Best Practice: Ensure clarity by pairing an icon with a persistent visible text label or only use a persistent visible text label.
  • Best Practice: When an icon is the only visual label, provide a tooltip (hover label) with the text description.
Tests

This section is non-normative.

Procedure

For each interactive element:

  1. Confirm it has a visual label that describes the element.
  2. Confirm the visual label persists during use.

Expected results

  • #1 and #2 are true.

Tests

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