Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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H35: Providing text alternatives on applet elements

Applicability

HTML and XHTML Documents that load Java applets where applet is not deprecated.

This technique relates to:

User Agent and Assistive Technology Support Notes

Description

Provide a text alternative for an applet by using the alt attribute to label an applet and providing the text alternative in the body of the applet element. In this technique, both mechanisms are required due to the varying support of the alt attribute and applet body text by user agents.

Examples

Example 1: An applet to play the tic-tac-toe game.

Example Code:

<applet code="tictactoe.class" width="250" height="250" alt="tic-tac-toe game">
   tic-tac-toe game
</applet>  

Tests

Procedure

  1. View the source code of the applet element

  2. Check that the applet element contains an alt attribute with a text alternative for the applet

  3. Check that the applet element contains a text alternative for the applet in the body of the applet element

Expected Results

If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.