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
- Provide unique, descriptive text or image (icon) for each interactive element.
Best Practices
- To ensure clarity, pair an icon with a persistent visible text label, or only use a persistent visible text label.
- When an icon is the only visual label, provide a tooltip (hover label) with the text description.
Tests
Procedure
For each interactive element:
- Confirm it has a visual label that describes the element.
- Confirm the visual label persists during use.
Expected results
- #1 and #2 are true.
Key Terms
- accessibility support set
group of user agents and assistive technologies you test with
The AGWG is considering defining a default set of user agents and assistive technologies that they use when validating guidelines.
Accessibility support sets may vary based on language, region, or situation.
If you are not using the default accessibility set, the conformance report should indicate what set is being used.
- accessibility supported
available and working in the user agents and assistive technology in the accessibility support set
The working group intended to include a default accessibility support set. See Default accessibility support set #277.
- programmatically determinable
meaning of the content and all its important attributes can be determined by software functionality that is accessibility supported