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Test: HTML section element with no accessible name
Test: HTML section element with no accessible name
Screen Reader support level: supported
Voice Control support level: unknown
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About this test
This section has no accessible name per HTML AAM 5.15.1 Section and Grouping Element Accessible Name Computation. It will not be mapped to a role and should be considered presentational.
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Test HTMLOpen the test case HTML file
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>HTML section element with no accessible name</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Use the screen reader to announce the target element. Note: The test will pass if a role is not announced by screen readers because it is considered presentational without an accessible name. The test passes if the screen reader only announced "Sample text".</p>
<p>Example start</p>
<section id="target">
<p>Sample text line 1</p>
<p>Sample text line 2</p>
<p>Sample text line 3</p>
</section>
<p>Example end</p>
</body>
</html>
Summary of Screen Reader support by expectation
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Voice Control support by expectation section element Expectation Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Access (Android) Voice Control (iOS) Voice Control (MacOS) Windows Speech Recognition Windows Voice Access Chrome Chrome Safari Safari Edge Chrome Edge Chrome Not applicable
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Keyboard support by expectation section element Expectation Windows Keyboard Mac Keyboard iOS Keyboard Android Keyboard Chrome Firefox Edge Chrome Safari Safari Chrome Not applicable
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Detailed support results by expectation Expectation for the section element: convey a role if it is not named
This expectation is from the section element feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST NOT
- Voice Control: NA
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT Browser Has Support Output Dragon Naturally Speaking Chrome not applicable - JAWS Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch JAWS and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
JAWS Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch JAWS and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
JAWS Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch JAWS and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
Narrator Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Jump to next item (scan mode)) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch Narrator and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Jump to next item (scan mode))
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
NVDA Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to the start of `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch NVDA and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: start of target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Sample text line 1"
NVDA Edge yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to the start of `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch NVDA and Edge.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: start of target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Sample text line 1"
NVDA Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to the start of `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch NVDA and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: start of target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "Sample text line 1"
Orca Firefox yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch Orca and Firefox.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
TalkBack Chrome yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Swipe right (or alt+right arrow) (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch TalkBack and Chrome.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe right (or alt+right arrow)
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text, line 1"
Voice Access (Android) Chrome not applicable - Voice Control (iOS) Safari not applicable - Voice Control (MacOS) Safari not applicable - VoiceOver (iOS) Safari yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Swipe Right (Next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch VoiceOver (iOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Swipe Right
(Next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
VoiceOver (macOS) Safari yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use VO + Right arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to the start of `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch VoiceOver (macOS) and Safari.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
VO + Right arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: start of target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text, line 1"
Windows Speech Recognition Edge not applicable - Windows Speech Recognition Chrome not applicable - Windows Voice Access Edge not applicable - Windows Voice Access Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Windows Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Windows Keyboard Edge not applicable - Mac Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Mac Keyboard Safari not applicable - iOS Keyboard Safari not applicable - Android Keyboard Chrome not applicable - Extended Support for: section element: convey a role if it is not named
These are less common combinations
AT Browser Has Support Output Dragon Naturally Speaking IE not applicable - Dragon Naturally Speaking Firefox not applicable - JAWS 2019.1907.42 IE 11 yes
- Result: (pass)
- Test Case: Use Down arrow (Read next item) to navigate forward to `section:not([aria-label])`
- Launch JAWS and IE.
- Navigate to the test page.
- Find the target element(s) that you will test against. Identify all elements that match this selector:
section:not([aria-label])
- If multiple elements match the selector, repeat this test for all instances. However, choose a single instance to report against. If you feel that the selector should be more specific, please open a GitHub Issue.
- Position and configure the screen reader so that the following conditions are met
- Virtual focus is: before target
- Keyboard focus is: before target
- Mode is: auto (do not explicitly change the mode)
- Issue the command:
Down arrow
(Read next item)
- After issuing the command, virtual focus should be: target
- Record results for the relevant expectations
- Output: "sample text line 1"
Narrator Firefox unknown - Narrator Chrome unknown - Narrator IE unknown - NVDA IE unknown - TalkBack Firefox unknown - Voice Access (Android) Firefox not applicable - VoiceOver (iOS) Chrome unknown - VoiceOver (macOS) Chrome unknown - VoiceOver (macOS) Firefox unknown - Orca Chrome unknown - Voice Control (MacOS) Chrome not applicable - Voice Control (MacOS) Firefox not applicable - Mac Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Android Keyboard Firefox not applicable - Back to top Dates and Versions of tested combinations AT AT Version Browser Browser version OS version Date tested Dragon Naturally Speaking 15.30 Chrome 76 Windows 10 version 1903 2019-09-16 JAWS 2021.2107.12 Chrome 92 Windows 10 version 21h1 2021-08-07 JAWS 2021.2107.12 Edge 92 Windows 10 version 21h1 2021-08-07 JAWS 2019.1907.42 Firefox 69 Windows 10 version 1903 2019-09-16 Narrator Windows 10 version 1903 Edge 44 Windows 10 version 1903 2019-09-16 NVDA 2021.1 Chrome 92 Windows 10 version 21h1 2021-08-07 NVDA 2021.1 Edge 92 Windows 10 version 21h1 2021-08-07 NVDA 2019.2 Firefox 69 Windows 10 version 1903 2019-09-16 Orca 3.31.4 Firefox 69 Ubuntu 19.04 2019-09-16 TalkBack 7.3.0 Chrome 76 7 2019-09-16 VoiceOver (iOS) 12.4.1 Safari 12.4.1 12.4.1 2019-09-16 VoiceOver (macOS) 10.14.6 Safari 12.1.2 10.14.6 2019-09-16 History
- 2018-11-14 Test created
- 2018-11-14 vo_ios/ios_saf support updated
- 2019-09-16 add missing results
- 2021-08-07 Added Narrator results for NVDA and JAWS, updated NVDA+Chrome results.
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