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RAWEBAA

12.4 In each set of web pages, is the site map page accessible from an identical functionality?

WCAG references
  • 2.4.5 Multiple Ways (AA)
  • 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (AA)
Techniques
  • G61
  • G63

Official methodology to test criterion 12.4

Test 1 (12.4.1)

  1. Select a page from the sample belonging to the same set of web pages as the page being audited.
  2. Compare the source code (generated on the client side) of the two pages and check that the means of access to the site map is always the same (a link or a button, for example).
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 2 (12.4.2)

  1. Select a page from the sample belonging to the same set of web pages as the page being audited.
  2. Visually compare the two pages and check that the means of access to the site map is always at the same place in the presentation.
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 3 (12.4.3)

  1. Choose a page from the sample that belongs to the same set of web pages as the page being audited.
  2. Compare the source code (generated on the client side) of the two pages and check that the means of access to the site map is always at the same place in the structure (in relation to the relative order of the page elements, for example it is always at the top of the page).
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.