RGAA 3.0 - 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

8.9

Test

8.9.1

Description

On each Web page, tags must not be used (except div, span and table) only for layout. Has this rule been followed?

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

  • 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.

TestCases

TestCases files for rule 8.9.1