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Frame title is frame file name Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Frame title must not be the same as the frame src file name.

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Change the title to a short description of the frame content.

Applicable standards

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Impact on users

  • NVDA 2022.2 / Edge 105 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2021.2 / Edge 94 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2021.2 / Edge 94 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2020.2 / Edge 92 Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2019.2 / Chrome 79 (Reading) Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2019.2 / Chrome 79 (Tabbing) Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2019.2 / FF68 (Reading) Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • NVDA 2019.2 / FF68 (Tabbing) Silence when tab focus stops on iframe. Frame SRC URL gibberish is voiced.
  • JAWS 2022.2207.25 / Edge 105 Reads out filename of frame.
  • JAWS 2021.2107.12 / Edge 94 Reads out filename of frame.
  • JAWS 2020.2008.24 / Edge 92 Reads out filename of frame.
  • JAWS 2019.1912.1 / Chrome 79 Reads out filename of frame.
  • JAWS 2019.1912.1 / FF68 Reads out filename of frame.
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5 / Safari 15.6 Meaningless frame title read out.
  • VoiceOver macOS 11.5 / Safari 15.0 Meaningless frame title read out.
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.15 / Safari 14.1 Meaningless frame title read out.
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.14 / Safari 13.0 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