applet doesn’t provide accessible alternative Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported.

Help

Place alternative content inside the applet element, which is displayed when applets are disabled or unsupported. For example: <applet>Alternative text content</applet>

Applicable standards

• WCAG 1.0 (Success Criteria: 6.3 level A)

Change history

• 6.46 Sep 2022 Removed - WCAG 1.0 guidelines are obsolete.
• 5.9 Jun 2015 Updated to reflect current screen reader support.
• 5.3 Sep 2013 Fixed false negative.
• 3.5 Dec 2009 Don’t fire when applet element nested inside object element containing alternative content.
• 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag1-6.3.1