SortSite 5.20 Changes

A list of changed accessibility, compatibility and search engine rules in SortSite 5.20.

Changed rules

Errors

• Links blocked by ROBOTS meta tag (ErrCrawlBlockedByRobotsMeta)

Accessibility

• Text contrast below minimum (AccHtmlContrastMinimum)
• Text contrast ratio below 7:1 (AccHtmlContrastEnhanced)
• Complex header associations need headers attribute (AccHtmlTableComplexHeaders)
• Layout table contains data table markup (AccHtmlLayoutTableStructuralMarkup)
• mouseup handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseupNoKeyboard)
• mouseover handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoverNoKeyboard)
• mouseout handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMouseoutNoKeyboard)
• mousedown handler without keyboard equivalent (AccScriptMousedownNoKeyboard)
• Decorative image with accessible name (AccNullAltWithAccName)
• Table contains a nested table (AccHtmlNestedTable)
• PDF without XMP metadata (AccPdfNoXmp)
• PDF without PDF/UA identifier (AccPdfUaIdentifierMissing)

Compatibility

• sandbox blocks JavaScript windows (BugHtmlIframeSandboxModals)
• input type=datetime-local has partial support (BugHtmlInputDateTimeLocal)
• Image maps with id but no name have partial support (BugMozillaImageMap)
• Link: HTTP header has partial support (BugHttpLink)

Standards

• Section lacks heading (W3cHtml5SectionNoHeading)
• Article lacks heading (W3cHtml5ArticleNoHeading)
• img with alt='' must not have role (W3cHtmlImgNullAltWithRole)
• Page has multiple autofocus elements (W3cHtmlMultipleAutofocus)
• typemustmatch can only be used when data and type are specified (W3cHtmlObjectTypemustmatchMissing)
• role=article unnecessary for article (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-article)
• role=complementary unnecessary for aside (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-aside)
• role=button unnecessary for button (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-button)
• role=dialog unnecessary for dialog (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-dialog)
• role=contentinfo unnecessary for footer (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-footer)
• role=heading unnecessary for h1 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h1)
• role=heading unnecessary for h2 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h2)
• role=heading unnecessary for h3 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h3)
• role=heading unnecessary for h4 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h4)
• role=heading unnecessary for h5 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h5)
• role=heading unnecessary for h6 (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-h6)
• role=banner unnecessary for header (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-header)
• role=list unnecessary for ol (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-ol)
• role=status unnecessary for output (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-output)
• role=region unnecessary for section (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-section)
• role=rowgroup unnecessary for tbody (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-tbody)
• role=rowgroup unnecessary for tfoot (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-tfoot)
• role=rowgroup unnecessary for thead (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-thead)
• role=list unnecessary for ul (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-ul)
• role=columnheader unnecessary for th (W3cHtml5AriaExplicitRole-th)
• meter does not need a role (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRole-meter)
• role=button unnecessary for input type=button (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-button)
• role=checkbox unnecessary for input type=checkbox (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-checkbox)
• role=button unnecessary for input type=image (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-image)
• role=spinbutton unnecessary for input type=number (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-number)
• role=radio unnecessary for input type=radio (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-radio)
• role=slider unnecessary for input type=range (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-range)
• role=button unnecessary for input type=reset (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-reset)
• role=button unnecessary for input type=submit (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-submit)
• role=button unnecessary for button type=menu (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-button-menu)
• role=toolbar unnecessary for menu type=toolbar (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-menu-toolbar)
• role=textbox unnecessary for input type=email and no list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-email-textbox)
• role=textbox unnecessary for input type=tel and no list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-tel-textbox)
• role=textbox unnecessary for input type=text and no list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-text-textbox)
• role=searchbox unnecessary for input type=search and no list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-search-searchbox)
• role=textbox unnecessary for input type=url and no list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-url-textbox)
• role=combobox unnecessary for input type=email and a list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-email-combobox)
• role=combobox unnecessary for input type=tel and a list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-tel-combobox)
• role=combobox unnecessary for input type=text and a list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-text-combobox)
• role=combobox unnecessary for input type=search and a list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-search-combobox)
• role=combobox unnecessary for input type=url and a list attribute (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-input-url-combobox)
• role=listitem unnecessary for li inside ol or ul (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-li-listitem)
• role=link unnecessary for a, area and link with href (W3cHtml5AriaUneededRoleForType-href-link)
• aria-disabled not needed with disabled (W3cHtml5AriaAttrWithNativeAttr-disabled)
• aria-hidden not needed with hidden (W3cHtml5AriaAttrWithNativeAttr-hidden)
• aria-readonly not needed with readonly (W3cHtml5AriaAttrWithNativeAttr-readonly)
• aria-required not needed with required (W3cHtml5AriaAttrWithNativeAttr-required)
• autocomplete only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-autocomplete)
• list only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-list)
• maxlength only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-maxlength)
• minlength only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-minlength)
• pattern only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-pattern)
• placeholder only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-placeholder)
• readonly only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-readonly)
• required only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-required)
• size only allowed with some input types (W3cHtml5InputAttribute-size)

Usability

• Provide a search option (UseGov17.4)