Accessibility Rules Covered

This article contains information about the rules and tags recognized by WAX Dev Testing Framework

Rules

WAX Dev checks source against the following rules:

Rule Identifier	Rule Description
area-alt	Active area elements must have alternate text
aria-allowed-attr	Elements must only use allowed ARIA attributes
aria-command-name	ARIA commands must have an accessible name
aria-hidden-body	aria-hidden='true' must not be present on the document body
aria-hidden-focus	ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements
aria-input-field-name	ARIA input fields must have an accessible name
aria-meter-name	ARIA meter nodes must have an accessible name
aria-progressbar-name	ARIA progressbar nodes must have an accessible name
aria-required-attr	Required ARIA attributes must be provided
aria-required-children	Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children
aria-required-parent	Certain ARIA roles must be contained by particular parents
aria-roledescription	aria-roledescription must be on elements with a semantic role
aria-roles	ARIA roles used must conform to valid values
aria-toggle-field-name	ARIA toggle fields must have an accessible name
aria-tooltip-name	ARIA tooltip nodes must have an accessible name
aria-valid-attr	ARIA attributes must conform to valid names
aria-valid-attr-value	ARIA attributes must conform to valid values
audio-caption	audio elements must have a captions track
blink	blink elements are deprecated and must not be used
button-name	Buttons must have discernible text
bypass	Page must have means to bypass repeated blocks
color-contrast	Elements must have sufficient color contrast
definition-list	dl elements must only directly contain properly-ordered dt and dd groups, script, template or div elements
dlitem	dt and dd elements must be contained by a dl
document-title	Documents must have title element to aid in navigation
form-field-multiple-labels	Form field must not have multiple label elements
frame-focusable-content	Frames with focusable content must not have tabindex=-1
frame-title	Frames must have an accessible name
frame-title-unique	Frames must have a unique title attribute
html-has-lang	html element must have a lang attribute
html-lang-valid	html element must have a valid value for the lang attribute
html-xml-lang-mismatch	HTML elements with lang and xml:lang must have the same base language
image-alt	Images must have alternate text
input-button-name	Input buttons must have discernible text
input-image-alt	Image buttons must have alternate text
label	Form elements must have labels
link-in-text-block	Links must be distinguishable without relying on color
link-name	Links must have discernible text
list	ul and ol must only directly contain li, script or template elements
listitem	li elements must be contained in a ul or ol
marquee	marquee elements are deprecated and must not be used
meta-refresh	Delayed refresh under 20 hours must not be used
meta-viewport	Zooming and scaling must not be disabled
nested-interactive	Interactive controls must not be nested
no-autoplay-audio	video or audio elements must not play automatically
object-alt	object elements must have alternate text
p-as-heading	Styled p elements must not be used as headings
role-img-alt	[role='img'] elements must have an alternative text
scrollable-region-focusable	Scrollable region must have keyboard access
select-name	Select element must have an accessible name
server-side-image-map	Server-side image maps must not be used
svg-img-alt	svg elements with an img role must have an alternative text
table-fake-caption	Data or header cells must not be used to give caption to a data table.
td-has-header	Non-empty td elements in larger table must have an associated table header
td-headers-attr	Table cells that use the headers attribute must only refer to cells in the same table
th-has-data-cells	Table headers in a data table must refer to data cells
valid-lang	lang attribute must have a valid value
video-caption	video elements must have captions