Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

applet

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.
Section 508
M - applets etc. must comply
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.
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
2.1 Keyboard Accessible: Make all functionality available from a keyboard.
Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
2.1 Keyboard Accessible: Make all functionality available from a keyboard.
Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard (A)

Requirement

applet user interface must be accessible.

Error

applet user interface may not be accessible.

Short Description

This error is generated for all applet elements.

How To Determine

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

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. View the operation of each applet in the document.

Expected Result

1. Each applet user interface must be fully operable by the keyboard.

Failed Result

1. Modify the applet so it can be operated by the keyboard.

Examples

Pass Examples

Does not have an applet element.

<!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 #26 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Contains an applet element.

<!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 #26 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<applet/>
</body>
</html>