Layout table contains summary or caption Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Do not provide a summary attribute or caption for layout tables.

Help

Remove summary and caption if this is a layout table.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F46 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F46 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F46 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)

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

Change history

• 5.38 Jul 2020 Changed rule ID from AccWcag1-5.5.2 to AccHtmlLayoutTableCaptionSummary.
• 5.1 Jan 2013 Fixed false positive in HTML 5 tables containing form controls.
• 4.4 Aug 2011 Fixed false positive caused by implied CAPTION element when table contained invalid markup.
• 4.2 Dec 2010 Modified layout table detection algorithm.
• 4.1 Aug 2010 Fixed false positive caused by implied CAPTION element when table contained SCRIPT element.
• 3.5 Dec 2009 Improved layout table detection algorithm again.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Improved layout table detection algorithm.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Now triggers WCAG2 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: AccHtmlLayoutTableCaptionSummary