Decorative image with accessible name Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

An image with a null alt attribute should not have title, aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes.

Help

If the image should be voiced use a descriptive alt attribute. If the image is purely decorative remove any title and ARIA label attributes.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F39 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F39 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F39 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F39 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)

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

Impact on users

• JAWS Ignores all images with alt=''.
• NVDA Reads some images with alt='' and a title or ARIA label.
• VoiceOver Reads images with alt='' and a title or ARIA label.

Change history

• 5.31 Nov 2018 Fixed false positive.
• 5.20 Jan 2016 Added.

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

Rule ID: AccNullAltWithAccName