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SC1-4-3-text-no-bg
From Automated WCAG Monitoring Community Group
automatable test (tool only)
Contents
Status
- First Draft
Open issues
none so far
Background
- Links to Techniques for WCAG 2.0 W3C Working Group Note 11 March 2014
- Summary of information from UWEM 2.0 draft
Description
This test checks that when a text has no discernible background, that the text color is not set either.
Assumptions
- Text is always positioned on top of it’s ancestor elements.
- All text on the page is meaningful
Test procedure
UTT: Required user expertise and skills
0: Automated test. No user input.
Test subject
- DOM and CSS (= same as 2. plus computed style for each element)
single page
Selector (tool)
Look at each element containing text that is rendered to the screen. Select all elements where the background is defined. The text should not consist of only white space characters.
Step 1 (tool)
Determine the text color
- IF the text color is defined: Return FAILED.
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| test id | 1.4.3-F1 |
| SC | 1.4.3 |
| result | FAILED |
- ELSE: Return PASSED
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| test id | 1.4.3-P1 |
| SC | 1.4.3 |
| result | PASSED |