- Success Criterion 1.1.1
- Conformance level A
Clickable Image Map Regions With No Individual Names
1.1.1 — Non-text Content
Scenario
Setting
A social media platform's settings menu
What’s wrong
Image maps: <area> missing alt, or alt duplicated/meaningless per region.
Example
A social media platform's settings menu is a good example: image maps: <area> missing alt, or alt duplicated/meaningless per region.
Why it matters
Blind and low-vision people using screen readers, and anyone who browses with images disabled, when icons or photos carry meaning. On a social media platform's settings menu specifically, they get no equivalent for the sound or picture content.
How to test
Check every area inside an img usemap: each needs its own specific alt describing its individual destination, not a generic or shared description.
How to fix
Give every image-map area alt text stating its specific destination.
Outcome
Fixed, a visitor to a social media platform's settings menu can understand the image, video, or audio content.
Who is affected
Blind and low-vision people using screen readers, and anyone who browses with images disabled, when icons or photos carry meaning.
Learn more
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