RGAA 3.0 - Rule 6.5.1
Summary
This test checks whether the page contains empty links.
Business description
Criterion
Test
Description
On each Web page, does each link (a tag with an href attribute), except in anchors, have a text between <a> and </a>?
Level
A
Technical description
Scope
Page
Decision level
Decidable
Algorithm
Selection
Set1**
All the <a> tags of the page that are not an anchor (
a:not([name]):not([id]) )
Set2
All the tags from Set1 that have an empty text (including
children text) and that have not children with a not empty "alt"
attribute
Process
For each element of Set2, raise a MessageA
MessageA : Empty link
- code : EmptyLink
- status: Failed
- parameter :
"href"attribute, snippet - present in source : yes
Analysis
Not Applicable
The page has no <a> tag (Set1 is empty)
Passed
The page only doesn’t contain empty links (Set2 is empty)
Failed
The page only contains empty links (Set2 is not empty)
Notes
A <a> tag is seen as an anchor if and only if it has either a “name” or
an “id” attribute (assuming the definition of an anchor in Rgaa3.0)