Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

script

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.
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)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
2.1 Keyboard Accessible: Make all functionality available from a keyboard.
Success Criteria 2.1.1 Keyboard (A)

Requirement

User interface for script must be accessible.

Error

script user interface may not be accessible.

Short Description

This error will be generated for all script elements.

How To Determine

Question	Is any user interface for this `script` accessible?
PASS	`script` user interface is accessible.
FAIL	`script` user interface is not accessible.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. View the operation of each script in the content.
2. Check if the script user interface may be accessed by the keyboard.

Expected Result

1. The script user interface must be accessible from the keyboard.

Failed Result

1. Remove the script or modify it so it is accessible from the keyboard.

Examples

Pass Examples

Does not contain a script 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 #88 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Contains a script 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 #89 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<script/>
<noscript>Alternate content for script</noscript>
</body>
</html>