Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

frameset

Error Type

Known

Guidelines

Stanca Act
Requirement 2: No Frames

Requirement

frameset element is not used.

Error

frameset element used.

Short Description

This error is generated for all frameset elements.

How To Repair

Remove the frameset element and modify the structure of your site.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Find any frameset elements in the document.

Expected Result

1. The document is expected to contain no frameset elements.

Failed Result

1. Remove any frameset elements from the document.

Examples

Pass Examples

Does not have a frameset element.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>ATRC Testfile - 233.2 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><img src="rex.jpg" alt="A black and brown cat named Rex."/></p>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Contains a frameset element.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>ATRC Testfile - 233.1 - Positive</title>
</head>
<frameset cols="33%,33%,33%">
<frameset rows="*,200">
<frame src="contents_of_frame1.html">
<frame src="contents_of_frame2.gif">
</frameset>
<frame src="contents_of_frame3.html">
<frame src="contents_of_frame4.html">
</frameset>
</html>