Element

menu

Error Type

Likely

Guidelines

• BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
  Level 1
  3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly.
• WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
  Priority 2
  3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly.
• WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
  Priority 2
  3.6 Mark up lists and list items properly.

Requirement

menu items should not be used to format text.

Error

menu item may be used to format text.

Short Description

menu element must contain one LI element.

How To Determine

Question	Is this menu item used to format text?
PASS	menu item is used appropriately, not to format text.
FAIL	menu item is not used appropriately but to format text.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check each menu element in the content.
2. Count the number of li elements contained by the menu element.
3. If the menu element contains only one li element then check if the li element is really a list item.
4. li elements may be misused to format text.

Expected Result

1. li elements are really list items and not used to format text.

Failed Result

1. Remove the menu and li elements and replace them with other markup that properly formats the text.