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Re: which guideline to empty headers go against?

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From: Maxability Accessibility for all
Date: Nov 27, 2016 8:35AM


+1 to 2.4.6 and 1.3.1. I wonder how these defects can be identified if SRs
do not recognize them and a11y checkers do not identify them.

Thanks & Regards
Rakesh

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> In my experience most screen readers ignore empty headings (do not
> include them in their list of headings or enable navigation to them).
> I am not sure if the same applies to headings with white space inside
> them.
> I agree on 1.3.1 and 2.4.6 being the most likely success criteria.
> It is usually not a serious issue for the user, and I believe it is
> fine to lower the accessibility testing tool severity to a warning
> from an error.
>
>
> On 11/22/16, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> Yes, I'd agree it certainly fails 1.3.1 (this is where I normally flag
> >> empty headings in audits).
> >
> > I'd generally agree with this as well.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> >
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> > Subject: Re: [WebAIM] which guideline to empty headers go against?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22/11/2016 09:40, Bim Egan wrote:
> >> I'd say this is a definite fail of SC 2.4.6: Headings and labels
> >> describe topic or purpose, [1]. No text content means no description.
> >
> > If the page is understandable without that empty heading (which I'd
> assume
> > is the case, if these headings are accidentally created), then I'd say
> it's
> > a pass here.
> >
> >> Empty headings probably also fail SC1.3.1 Info and Relationships [2]
> >> check out Failure Technique F43: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.1
> >> due to using structural markup in a way that does not represent
> >> relationships in the content [3]
> >
> > Yes, I'd agree it certainly fails 1.3.1 (this is where I normally flag
> empty
> > headings in audits).
> >
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