Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

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The full WCAG 1.0 checklist can be viewed in W3C's website.

Priority 1 Checkpoints

In General (Priority 1)
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). This includes: images, graphical representations of text (including symbols), image map regions, animations (e.g., animated GIFs), applets and programmatic objects, ascii art, frames, scripts, images used as list bullets, spacers, graphical buttons, sounds (played with or without user interaction), stand-alone audio files, audio tracks of video, and video.
 Yes
 Important images, such as toolbar buttons and frequently used smiley icons, are provided with screenreader accessible alternate text.
2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup.
Yes
 Toolbar buttons will appear as textual buttons in Windows high contrast mode. Selection of text and background colors is still possible with textual labels in the color selection panels.
4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions).
No
6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the document.
 Yes
 The editor and its dialogs are still usable without cascading style sheets. Toolbar buttons appear as textual links without CSS.
6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes.
Yes
  • IFrames in the editor, such as the WYSIWYG editing area and combo boxes, are given screenreader accessible labels.
  • An equivalent text-only page with a <textarea> element can be created by not activating CKEditor's replace API, if JavaScript is not an option.
7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid causing the screen to flicker.
Yes
 There are no blinking or flickering contents in the editor. Moveable UI elements such as dialogs can only be moved in a smooth fashion by the user.
14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content.
Yes
 Accessible labels are kept as concise and simple simple as possible.
And if you use images and image maps (Priority 1)
1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a server-side image map.
NA
 There are no image maps in the editor.
9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.
 NA
 There are no image maps in the editor.
And if you use tables (Priority 1)
5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers.
NA
 There are no data tables in the editor UI.Tables are used for layout purpose only.
5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header cells.
 NA
 There are no data tables in the editor UI.Tables are used for layout purpose only.
And if you use frames (Priority 1)
12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation.
Yes
 IFrames in the editor, such as the WYSIWYG editing area and combo boxes, are given screenreader accessible labels.
And if you use applets and scripts (Priority 1)
6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative accessible page.
 Yes
 An equivalent text-only page with a <textarea> element can be created by not activating CKEditor's replace API, if JavaScript is not an option.
And if you use multimedia (Priority 1)
1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the important information of the visual track of a multimedia presentation.
 NA
 There are no video or audio contents in the editor.
1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation.
 NA
 There are no video or audio contents in the editor.
And if all else fails (Priority 1)
11.4 If, after best efforts, you cannot create an accessible page, provide a link to an alternative page that uses W3C technologies, is accessible, has equivalent information (or functionality), and is updated as often as the inaccessible (original) page.
 Yes
 An equivalent text-only page with a <textarea> element can be created by not activating CKEditor's replace API, if JavaScript is not an option.


Priority 2 Checkpoints

In General (Priority 2)
And if you use tables (Priority 2)
And if you use frames (Priority 2)
And if you use forms (Priority 2)
And if you use applets and scripts (Priority 2)
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