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How to test criterion 13.9 “On each web page, can the content be viewed in any screen orientation (portrait or landscape) (excluding special cases)?”

WCAG references
  • 1.3.4 Orientation (AA)

Official methodology to test criterion 13.9

Test 1 (13.9.1)

  1. View the document in portrait mode and then in landscape mode.
  2. Check that
    • the document can be viewed in any screen orientation;
    • the displayed content remains the same whatever the screen orientation mode used, even though its presentation and the means of accessing it may differ.
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.