- Success Criterion 1.3.1
- Conformance level A
Card Layout Grouping With No Programmatic Structure Behind It
1.3.1 — Info and Relationships
Scenario
Setting
A video-conferencing app's meeting controls
What’s wrong
Visual grouping by borders/cards (e.g., pricing tiers) with no programmatic grouping or headings.
Example
A video-conferencing app's meeting controls runs into this exact issue: visual grouping by borders/cards (e.g., pricing tiers) with no programmatic grouping or headings.
Why it matters
Screen-reader, braille, and reading-tool users who depend on coded structure rather than visual layout. Here, on a video-conferencing app's meeting controls, the result is they can't tell what's going on without extra effort.
How to test
Look for a heading or programmatic group (fieldset, role="group" with a name) above visual card/section groupings: pure border/spacing grouping with no code equivalent fails.
How to fix
Give each visual group a heading or programmatic group with an accessible name.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a video-conferencing app's meeting controls can now understand how the page is organized.
Who is affected
Screen-reader, braille, and reading-tool users who depend on coded structure rather than visual layout.
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