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Re: Why are both validation and accessibility tools showing duplicate id's

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From: L Snider
Date: Nov 30, 2022 12:20PM

I find I have to use a couple of different checkers so I can delve into the
code more, the duplicates exist, I just have to search more sometimes for
them. Also try the NU checker, it can show it easier sometimes.

It is too bad they took out Parsing from WCAG 2.2 (4.1.1).

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:08 PM Jim Byrne Accessible Web Design <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm testing a website and both my accessibility tools and page validation
> are saying the page has duplicate ids. However when I look at the code the
> all look unique to me. Here are just a few examples from W3 page validation:
>
> ' Duplicate ID gform_wrapper_5.
> ' Duplicate ID gform_5.
> ' Duplicate ID gform_fields_5.
> ' Duplicate ID field_5_1.
> ' Duplicate ID input_5_1.
> ' Duplicate ID field_5_2.
> ' Duplicate ID input_5_2.
> ' Duplicate ID input_5_2_3_container.
>
> They all look unique. No?
>
> Thanks,
> Jm
>
>
>
>
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