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Failure of 4.1.2 due to using Using Abstract Roles
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Contents
Status
Applicability
WAI-ARIA
This failure relates to:
- Success Criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
- How to Meet 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
- Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
Description
This document describes a failure that occurs when Abstract WAI-ARIA roles are mistakenly used.
Examples
Failure Example 1: A developer was trying to create a form with text input fields and mistakenly applies role="input" to the text input fields.
Failure Example 2: A developer was trying to create a modal dialog window and mistakenly applies role="window" to the modal dialog.
Resources
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Related Techniques
None
Procedure
- For every instance of the role attribute in the page check that the role attribute is not set to any of the following:
- command
- composite
- input
- landmark
- range
- roletype
- section
- sectionhead
- select
- structure
- widget
- window
If Step #1 is false, then this failure condition applies and the content fails the Success Criterion.
