Failure of 4.1.2 due to using Using Abstract Roles

Status

• Surveyed by TF 8 Oct 2012

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

1. 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.