Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

object

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies.
Stanca Act
Requirement 16: Script/Object Accessible
WCAG 1.0 (Level A)
Priority 1
8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 1
8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 1
8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies.

Requirement

object user interface must be accessible - (classid).

Error

object user interface may not be accessible.

Short Description

If object element contains a CLASSid attribute and any text then this error will be generated.

How To Determine

Question	Is the user interface for this `object` accessible?
PASS	`object` user interface is accessible.
FAIL	`object` user interface is not accessible.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. View each object within the document.
2. Test the user interface of each object and check if it can be operated by the keyboard.

Expected Result

1. The user interface for all objectS must be keyboard accessible.

Failed Result

1. Modify the user interface of the object so it is keyboard accessible.

Examples

Pass Examples

Contains an object element with a valid CLASSid attribute but contains no text.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #129 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
<object classid="foo"/>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Contains an object element with a valid CLASSid attribute and contains text.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #129 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<object classid="foo">text equiv for object</object>
</body>
</html>