Description
Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
Questions & Answers
What is an accessibility tree and how do I view it?
I've been told to make sure my site has an accessibility tree. What is an accessibility tree? How do I view it?
- accessibility tree
How do you find a page element’s accessible name?
When looking at elements on my page, how do I find out what each elements' accessible name is?
- accessibility tree
- accessible name
What is a VPAT?
I've been hearing a lot about website accessibility and something called a VPAT. Can you help me understand what a VPAT is and what it's for?
- section 508
- voluntary product accessibility template
- vpat
Do I need to add a ‘role’ attribute to html 5 tags like nav aside, main, etc.?
I am using the new html 5 tags on my site to give it more semantics. In addition to this should they all be given the corresponding role?
- best practices
- html
How do I know if my websites structure is laid out correctly?
My page looks good visually, but I am not sure if its structure is laid out properly or if I used the right elements. How am I supposed to know if I've done things the "right" way?
- best practices
- building content
- html
- page structure
Does my site need to be usable if the CSS and javascript doesn’t load?
I've always wondered this but never really known for sure. Let's say none of my CSS or javascript loads. Does the site still need to be usable? I know a lot of really big sites are useless without CSS and javascript so I'm betting the...
- best practices
- CSS
- html
- javascript
- page structure
Is there a form element meant to provide instruction?
I know how to add labels to form inputs to 'label' what they are. I am wondering if there is something similar for describing what a field is in more details? I want to there to be little text under a text field but don't...
- best practices
- form
- html