Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

object

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.
WCAG 1.0 (Level A)
Priority 1
6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 1
6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 1
6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.

Requirement

Content must be usable when object are disabled.

Error

Content may not be usable when object is disabled.

Short Description

If an object element contains a codebase attribute then the codebase attribute value must be null or whitespace.

How To Determine

Question	Is the content usable when the `object` is disabled?
PASS	Content is usable when `object` is disabled.
FAIL	Content is not usable when `object` is disabled.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Disable or remove each object element and then view the content.

Expected Result

1. The content must be usable when the object is disabled.

Failed Result

1. Create a text equivalent that provides the same functionality as the object.

Examples

Pass Examples

object element not used

<!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 #75 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

object element used.

<!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 #75 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<object codebase="hello"/>
</body>
</html>