Rule 6.2.1
Summary
This test consists in checking that there are no empty links in the page
Business description
Criterion
Test
Description
Dans chaque page web, chaque lien a-t-il un intitulé entre
<a>et</a>?
Notes techniques (6.2)
Une ancre n’est pas un lien même si pendant longtemps l’élément
<a>a servi de support à cette technique. Elle n’est donc pas concernée par le présent critère.
Level
A
Technical description
Scope
Page
Decision level
Decidable
Algorithm
Selection
Set1
All <a> tags with a "href" attribute that have neither an "aria-label" attribute nor an "aria-described"
attribute.
All the tags with a "role" attribute equals to “link” that have neither an "aria-label" attribute nor an
"aria-described" attribute.
Process
Test1
For each element of Set1, we check whether the link text is not empty.
For each element returning true in Test1, raise a MessageA
MessageA : Empty Link
- code : EmptyLink
- status: Failed
- parameter : computed accessible name,
"title"attribute, snippet - present in source : yes
Analysis
Not Applicable
The page has no link (Set1 is empty)
Passed
All the links of the page have not empty textual context (Test1 returns false for all the elements of Set1)
Failed
At least one link have an empty textual context (Test1 returns false for at least one element of Set1)
Notes
We exclude tags with an aria-label attribute or an aria-described attribute as we consider that these tags have an alternative.
For this test, the "title" attribute is not taken into account to compute the textual content of the link. It ensures
empty links only with a "title" attribute are seen as false.