accessible name

What accessible name does not show

Where accessible name comes up on this site

• Page builders drop the main landmark: nine HTML checksThe glossary defines landmark region , accessible name and skip link .

Terms this definition uses

ARIA · Place

Definitions that name accessible name

Accessible description

Related terms in Indexing and discovery

Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.

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Questions about accessible name

What is accessible name?

The text assistive technology announces for a control: visible text, a label, aria-label or aria-labelledby, an image's alt, a frame's title. A button with none is announced as "button" and nothing else; an input with none as "edit text".

What does accessible name not show or guarantee?

A button with none is announced as "button" and nothing else; an input with none as "edit text". A placeholder is not a name.

Which area of the glossary does accessible name belong to?

Indexing and discovery: Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.

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