Asqatasun v4 - RGAA 3.2016 - Rule 8.9.1
Summary
This test consists in searching patterns indicating that forbidden tags (not div, span or table) are used for layout purpose.
Business description
Criterion
Test
Description
div
, span
et table
) ne doivent pas être utilisées uniquement à des fins de présentation. Cette règle est-elle respectée ?Level
A
Technical description
Scope
Page
Decision level
Semi-Decidable
Algorithm
Selection
Set1
All the <a>
tags without "href", "name" or "id" attribute (a:not([href]):not([name]):not([id]))
Set2
All the fieldset not within a form (fieldset:not(form fieldset):not([role=search] fieldset):not([role=form] fieldset))
Process
Test1
We check whether Set1 AND Set2 are empty. If true, raise a MessageA
MessageA : No suspect pattern detected
- code :NoPatternDetected
- status: Pre-Qualified
- present in source : no
For each occurence of the Set1 raise a MessageB
MessageB : Link without target
- code :LinkWithoutTarget
- status: Failed
- parameter : snippet
- present in source : yes
For each occurence of the Set2 raise a MessageC
MessageC : Fieldset not within a form
- code :FieldsetNotWithinForm
- status: Failed
- parameter : snippet
- present in source : yes
Test1 :
Analysis
Failed :
The page contains a link without target or a fieldset not within a form (Test1 returns false)
Pre-qualified :
Test1 returns true
Notes
On latest webdev data set (2013-10-30, 78,000 pages), links without target (a:not([href]):not([name]):not([id])) have been found on 18256 pages, i.e on 23% of the pages.
On latest webdev data set (2013-10-30, 78,000 pages), fieldsets not within form (fieldset:not(form fieldset):not([role=search] fieldset):not([role=form] fieldset)) have been found on 982 pages, i.e on 1.25% of the pages.