ARIA menuitem is blank Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

ARIA role=menuitem element is empty and has no accessible name.

Help

A name allows screen readers to voice what the control does. To add a name do one of the following:

• Add text between the element start and end tags
• Add an aria-label attribute
• Add an aria-labelledby attribute
• Add an img alt attribute if the menuitem contains an img element

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules m6b1q3
• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)

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

Change history

• 6.40 Jan 2021 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccAriaMenuitemBlank