Same link text in same context goes to different pages Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Several links on a page share the same link text and surrounding context, but go to different destinations.

Help

Make the link text unique for each target page (which helps all users) or add an aria-label or aria-describedby to the link (which helps screen reader users).

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules fd3a94
• WCAG 2.0 F63 (Success Criteria: 2.4.4 level A, 2.4.9 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.1 F63 (Success Criteria: 2.4.4 level A, 2.4.9 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.2 F63 (Success Criteria: 2.4.4 level A, 2.4.9 level AAA)
• Section 508 (2017) F63 (Success Criteria: 2.4.4 level A, 2.4.9 level AAA)

Note: This checkpoint applies to sets of pages, or depends on content in linked pages, so never fires for single page scans. Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 6.40 Jan 2021 Improved detection.
• 5.38 Jul 2020 Added.

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

Rule ID: AccHtmlLinkTextReusedContext