Frame title must describe function Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

frame title must describe function rather than visual relationship to make sense in a screen reader.

Help

Change the title to a description of the frame function. For example, use titles like ‘Navigation’ and ‘Content’ rather than ‘Left’ and ‘Right’.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F14 (Success Criteria: 1.3.3 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F14 (Success Criteria: 1.3.3 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F14 (Success Criteria: 1.3.3 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F14 (Success Criteria: 1.3.3 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 AccWcag1-12.1.3 to AccHtmlFrameTitleNotDescriptive.
• 4.4 Aug 2011 Now triggers WCAG 2 F14.
• 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: AccHtmlFrameTitleNotDescriptive