Editoria11y demo
This page simulates what an author would experience if they were logged in to a site with Editoria11y installed: a toggle automatically appears in the lower-right-hand corner of the page with an issue count. Normally it is an innocuous little a11y symbol; since there were critical issues detected on this page it has become a red exclamation point.
- Click the toggle to open the info panel and highlight all the obvious content issues on the page.
- Then click the “Show tags” button on the panel to reveal the document’s hidden structure and text alternatives.
Note that the info panel and contextual highlighting can be set to activate automatically when new issues were found; that was turned off for this demo so you could read this intro first!
Heading Tests
Empty Headings
This heading has no text:
Skipped heading levels
This H6 should have been an H3
Suspiciously long headings
A very long heading. Headings should not be used for emphasis, but rather for a document outline, so if you find yourself talking this much, this probably is being used for visual formatting, not a heading.
Suspicious paragraphs that look like headings
Suspicious paragraphs that look like headings
Images in the header format
Text Alternatives
Screen readers end up reading this as a filename:
Image marked as decorative with an empty alt
This might be OK; flagged as needing manual review:
Images with an invalid alt attribute
Image with a filename as an alt
Tables
Tables without valid headers
A table without a TH header is invalid | And NO, an "H3" does not count |
Example: Do not use tables for page layout or for information that is not tabular (i.e. information with meaning that is dependent on it being in columns or rows in a grid). |
How not to use a table: Accessible tables are structured with row and column headers. Screen readers use this information to speak information one cell at a time and provide context to users. |
Empty table headers cells
Empty table heading cells will also be flagged: | <= Empty Cell |
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Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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10:00 AM - 11:25 AM | English | English | |||
1:00 PM - 1:25 PM |
Chemistry |
Chemistry |
Legibility
a. Fake Lists
b. use letters or numbers
c. rather than real formatting
Caps Locks
TYPING IN ALL CAPS SEEMS RUDE AND VERY OBNOXIOUS
Color Contrast
WCAG Level AAA requires a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text.
Wrong color contrast
Correct Color contrast
Correct color contrast in school colors
Meaningful Links
Links titled with a URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLzxrzFCyOs
Links only titled with generic text
"Click here," "learn more." "download," , "this link", etc.
Links that open in a new window without an external link icon or warning
An informative video about Web Accessbility.
Embeds
Links to a documents
Note that you can set what Editora11y should look for in your preferences file. By default, it checks for PDF and DOC Files