Frame has no accessible name Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

iframe and frame elements must have a title attribute.

Help

Add a title attribute or ARIA label to each iframe and frame element (e.g. title='Main Content'). Without a title some screen readers read out the frame filename, which is usually meaningless.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules cae760
• 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.

Impact on users

• VoiceOver macOS 13.6 / Safari 16.6 Meaningless frame title read out.
• VoiceOver macOS 12.5 / Safari 15.6 Meaningless frame title read out.
• VoiceOver macOS 11.5 / Safari 15.0 Meaningless frame title read out.

Change history

• 6.47 Dec 2022 Don’t fire if frame has negative tabindex.
• 5.38 Jul 2020 Implement ARIA role conflict resolution.
• 5.36 Jan 2020 Aligned with ACT Rules.
• 5.31 Nov 2018 Fixed false positive on Intercom chat widget.
• 5.30 Jul 2018 Fixed false positive on reCaptcha. Changed rule ID from AccWcag1-12.1.1 to AccHtmlFrameTitleMissing.
• 5.21 Mar 2016 Fixed false positive on SharePoint sites.
• 5.5 May 2014 Updated to April 2014 version of Techniques for WCAG 2.0.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Now triggers WCAG2 issue.
• 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: AccHtmlFrameTitleMissing