Element summary requires details` parent Web Standard

Description

Element summary not allowed as child element in this context.

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The summary element must appear inside a details element. Without the parent element it looks like plain text, but is voiced as collapsed summary group by a screen reader which cannot be expanded.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• HTML5

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

Change history

• 6.50 Oct 2023 Added.

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

Rule ID: W3cHtml5Error-RnvErElem-summary