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Axe DevTools Pro ACT Implementation

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Number of Rules Implemented
Consistent Partially consistent
WCAG 2 rules 0 0
Proposed rules 3 3

Implemented Rules

Rule Name Type Consistency
Form field label is descriptive Proposed Rule Partial
HTML page title is descriptive Proposed Rule Consistent
Image accessible name is descriptive Proposed Rule Consistent
Image not in the accessibility tree is decorative Proposed Rule Partial
Error message describes invalid form field value Proposed Rule Partial
Element in sequential focus order has visible focus Proposed Rule Consistent

About Axe DevTools Pro Results

Results in this page are taken from a public test report published by Deque Systems. Data is published using the EARL+JSON-LD data format.

Implementation Details

Form field label is descriptive

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the label-visible-not-descriptive (forms) procedure. The implementation is partially consistent with the Form field label is descriptive proposed rule. It covers 14 of the 15 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
label-visible-not-descriptive (forms)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Passed Example 4 passed
Passed Example 5 passed
Passed Example 6 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Failed Example 2 failed
Failed Example 3 failed
Failed Example 4 passed
Failed Example 5 failed
Inapplicable Example 1 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 2 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 3 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 4 passed

HTML page title is descriptive

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the title-not-meaningful (structure) procedure. The implementation is fully consistent with the HTML page title is descriptive proposed rule. It covers 5 of the 6 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
title-not-meaningful (structure)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Failed Example 2 failed
Inapplicable Example 1 cannot tell

Image accessible name is descriptive

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the alt-text-short-text-not-meaningful (Images) procedure. The implementation is fully consistent with the Image accessible name is descriptive proposed rule. It covers all 16 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
alt-text-short-text-not-meaningful (Images)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Failed Example 2 failed
Failed Example 3 failed
Inapplicable Example 1 passed
Inapplicable Example 2 passed
Inapplicable Example 3 passed
Inapplicable Example 4 passed
Inapplicable Example 5 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 6 passed
Inapplicable Example 7 passed
Inapplicable Example 8 passed
Inapplicable Example 9 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 10 passed

Image not in the accessibility tree is decorative

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the alt-text-missing + semantic-hidden (images) procedure. The implementation is partially consistent with the Image not in the accessibility tree is decorative proposed rule. It covers 17 of the 20 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
alt-text-missing + semantic-hidden (images)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Passed Example 4 passed
Passed Example 5 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Failed Example 2 failed
Failed Example 3 passed
Failed Example 4 passed
Failed Example 5 passed
Inapplicable Example 1 passed
Inapplicable Example 2 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 3 passed
Inapplicable Example 4 passed
Inapplicable Example 5 passed
Inapplicable Example 6 passed
Inapplicable Example 7 passed
Inapplicable Example 8 passed
Inapplicable Example 9 passed
Inapplicable Example 10 inapplicable

Error message describes invalid form field value

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the form-error-required-unclear + instructions-not-included (forms) procedure. The implementation is partially consistent with the Error message describes invalid form field value proposed rule. It covers 7 of the 9 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
form-error-required-unclear + instructions-not-included (forms)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Failed Example 2 failed
Failed Example 3 passed
Failed Example 4 passed
Failed Example 5 failed
Inapplicable Example 1 inapplicable

Element in sequential focus order has visible focus

This rule is implemented by Axe DevTools Pro using the focus-indicator-missing (keyboard) procedure. The implementation is fully consistent with the Element in sequential focus order has visible focus proposed rule. It covers all 9 examples. The implementation correctly reports no success criteria are failed by this rule. See understanding ACT consistency.

Test Results
focus-indicator-missing (keyboard)
Passed Example 1 passed
Passed Example 2 passed
Passed Example 3 passed
Passed Example 4 passed
Failed Example 1 failed
Inapplicable Example 1 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 2 passed
Inapplicable Example 3 inapplicable
Inapplicable Example 4 passed
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