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10.8 For each web page, should hidden content be ignored by assistive technologies?

WCAG references
  • 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (A)
  • 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (A)
Techniques
  • G57

Official methodology to test criterion 10.8

Test 1 (10.8.1)

  1. Find hidden content (elements with the hidden attribute or the WAI-ARIA aria-hidden attribute, or a class or set of CSS styles likely to hide the content).
  2. For each hidden content, check that
    • Either the hidden content is intended to be ignored by assistive technologies (a web analytics tracker for example).
    • Or the hidden content is not intended to be ignored by the assistive technologies, in which case it is made renderable by the assistive technologies by means of
      • Either an action performed by the user via the keyboard or any other pointing device on an element preceding the hidden content.
      • Or a programming function that repositions the focus on the content.
  3. If this is the case for each hidden content item, the test is validated.