input button without value or label Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

This input button has no value attribute and no label.

Help

A label (or name) allows screen readers to tell users what the control does. To add a name do one of the following:

• Add a value attribute saying what the button does
• Add a title attribute
• Add an aria-label attribute
• Add an aria-labelledby attribute

Applicable standards

• 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

• 5.32 Feb 2019 Fixed false positive.
• 5.27 Oct 2017 Fixed false positive. Changed rule ID from AccWcag2-F68-4 to AccHtmlInputButtonValueMissing.
• 5.26 Jul 2017 Added.

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

Rule ID: AccHtmlInputButtonValueMissing