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New rule: H33 - link-text

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H33 - link-text

The objective of this test is to check whether an additional text (title element) is provided to describe the purpose of the link.

Tags: wcag2a, wcag244, cat.text-alternatives, best-practice

Selector

Select all anchor a elements.

Checks

text-alternatives/link-text (any)

For each a element check if the link text is unique. If true, pass; else 2.
Check if the links have different titles. If true, pass; else fail.

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:9 (4 by maintainers)

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devarshipantcommented, Sep 18, 2017

If title is present on a link, at a minimum, the test should check and report if the title contains part of the link text. The tester should then manually check the context in which the title is used. Manual override is required to make a determination without calling it a violation.

If the title is exactly the same as the link (innerText), then JAWS 17 / 18 ignore the title and NVDA does not bother speaking the title, so that can be considered a pass.

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WilcoFierscommented, Aug 22, 2019

This proposal is superseded by https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/issues/1505.