Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

marquee

Error Type

Known

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, avoid movement in pages.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, avoid movement in pages.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
7.3 Until user agents allow users to freeze moving content, avoid movement in pages.
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
2.2 Enough Time: Provide users enough time to read and use content.
Success Criteria 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
2.2 Enough Time: Provide users enough time to read and use content.
Success Criteria 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
2.2 Enough Time: Provide users enough time to read and use content.
Success Criteria 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (A)

Requirement

marquee element is not used.

Error

marquee element used.

Short Description

This error will be generated for each marquee element.

How To Repair

Remove the marquee element (replace with strong or em).

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check the content for the presence of marquee elements.

Expected Result

1. marquee element is not used.

Failed Result

1. Remove all marquee elements from the content.

Examples

Pass Examples

Does not contain marquee 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>OAC Testfile - Check #69 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>There is no marquee text in this document.</p>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Contains marquee 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>OAC Testfile - Check #69 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><marquee>this is marquee text</marquee></p>
</body>
</html>