- Success Criterion 2.4.2
- Conformance level A
Page Title Where the Distinguishing Word Gets Cut Off
2.4.2 — Page Titled
Scenario
Setting
A community forum's discussion thread
What’s wrong
Keyword-stuffed or truncated-first titles where the distinguishing part is unfindable (topic effectively absent at announce time).
Example
Open a community forum's discussion thread and this is what you'll see: keyword-stuffed or truncated-first titles where the distinguishing part is unfindable (topic effectively absent at announce time).
Why it matters
Screen-reader users who hear the title first, and anyone managing many tabs. On a community forum's discussion thread specifically, they lose track of what belongs to what.
How to test
Check a long or keyword-stuffed title as it truncates in the browser tab: if the distinguishing part gets cut off and isn't findable, it fails in practice.
How to fix
Every page/view must have a unique, descriptive title identifying its content, updated on in-app navigation.
Outcome
Fixed, a visitor to a community forum's discussion thread can understand how the page is organized.
Who is affected
Screen-reader users who hear the title first, and anyone managing many tabs.
Learn more
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Related scenarios
- Page Title That Doesn’t Say What the Page Actually Is
- Page Published With a Missing or Empty Title Tag
- Identical Page Title Repeated Across an Entire Website
- Single-Page App Title That Never Updates Between Views
- Page Title That’s Just the Brand Name, No Topic
- Page Title That Doesn’t Reflect the Current Step or State