- Success Criterion 2.4.6
- Conformance level AA
Two Date Fields Both Labeled ‘Date’ With No From/To Distinction
2.4.6 — Headings and Labels
Scenario
Setting
A food delivery app's restaurant menu
What’s wrong
Date range fields both labeled "Date" with no from/to distinction.
Example
Watch a food delivery app's restaurant menu closely and you'll spot this: date range fields both labeled "Date" with no from/to distinction.
Why it matters
Everyone, especially screen-reader users and people who skim headings/labels for orientation. Here, on a food delivery app's restaurant menu, the result is they lose track of what belongs to what.
How to test
Check date-range fields both labeled simply 'Date': if there's no 'From'/'To' or similar distinction, it fails.
How to fix
The heading or label must describe its section's topic or the control's purpose, distinguishably from its siblings.
Outcome
After the fix, the same visitor to a food delivery app's restaurant menu can now navigate the content in a sensible order.
Who is affected
Everyone, especially screen-reader users and people who skim headings/labels for orientation.
Learn more
- Understanding Understanding document (opens in a new tab)
Related scenarios
- Heading or Label That Fails to Describe Its Own Purpose
- Generic Section Heading Like ‘Introduction’ That Says Nothing
- Identical Headings Repeated Over Completely Different Content
- Form Label Like ‘Field 1’ That Doesn’t Describe Its Purpose
- Same Label Used for Two Different Fields on One Form
- Clever Marketing Heading That Hides What a Section Actually Does