Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

Error Type

Likely

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link.
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (A)

Requirement

Suspicious link text.

Error

Suspicious link text (contains placeholder text).

Short Description

a (anchor) element cannot contain any of the following text (English): "click here", "more".

How To Determine

Question	Is this link text as descriptive of the link destination as possible?
PASS	Link text is as descriptive as possible.
FAIL	Link text is not as descriptive as possible.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check the text contained by each a (anchor) element.

Expected Result

1. TODO.

Failed Result

1. TODO.

Examples

Pass Examples

Anchor with non placeholder 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 #173 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>Select link for more <a href="dogs.html">information about dogs</a>.</p>

</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Anchor with "click here" 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 #173 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>For more information <a href="dogs.html">click here</a>.</p>

</body>
</html>