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12.5 In each set of web pages, is the search engine reachable in the same way?

WCAG references
  • 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (AA)
Techniques
  • F66
  • G61

Official methodology to test criterion 12.5

Test 1 (12.5.1)

  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 search engine is always the same (a form field, for example).
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 2 (12.5.2)

  1. Choose a page from the sample that belongs 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 search engine is always at the same place in the presentation.
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.

Test 3 (12.5.3)

  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 search engine 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.