Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use them according to specification.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use them according to specification.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
3.5 Use header elements to convey document structure and use them according to specification.
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (AA)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (AA)

Requirement

All h3 elements are not used for formatting.

Error

h3 may be used for formatting.

Short Description

h3 may be used for formatting. Use the proper markup.

How To Determine

Question	Is this `h3` element really a section header (not just used to format text)?
PASS	This `h3` element is really a section header.
FAIL	This `h3` element is used to format text (not really a section header).

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check the contents of each h3 element.

Expected Result

1. All h3 elements are not used for formatting.

Failed Result

1. Remove the h3 element and replace it with the appropriate text formatting elements.

Examples

Pass Examples

Header is not used to format text.

<?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>OAC Testfile - Check #44 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is <strong>very important</strong> and you should read it.</p>

</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Header is used to format text.

<?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>OAC Testfile - Check #44 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>This is</p> <h3>very important</h3> <p>and you should read it.</p>

</body>
</html>