Frame title
is frame file name
Accessibility Checkpoint
Description
Frame title
must not be the same as the frame src
file name.
Help
Change the title to a short description of the frame content.
Applicable standards
- WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 2.4.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 2.4.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 2.4.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
- Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 2.4.1 level A, 4.1.2 level A)
Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.
Impact on users
- NVDA 2023.3 / Chrome 120 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
- NVDA 2023.3 / FF 115 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
- NVDA 2023.3 / Edge 120 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
- VoiceOver macOS 13.6 / Safari 16.6 Meaningless frame title read out.
Change history
- 5.38 Jul 2020 Changed rule ID from AccWcag1-12.1.2 to AccHtmlFrameTitleFilename.
- 5.32 Feb 2019 Improved detection of filenames.
- 5.5 May 2014 Updated to April 2014 version of Techniques for WCAG 2.0.
- 5.3 Sep 2013 Fixed false negative.
- 2.0 Dec 2007 Now triggers Section 508 issue.
- 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.
This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.
Rule ID: AccHtmlFrameTitleFilename