Test for WCAG success criterion 1.3.3: Sensory Characteristics

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http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/content-structure-separation-understanding.html
Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.

Selector

texts

Applicable

Not applicable

Failures

• F14: Identifying content only by its shape or location ( Test for WCAG failure F14: Identifying content only by its shape or location #185 )
• F26: Using a graphical symbol alone to convey information (Test for WCAG failure F26: Using a graphical symbol alone to convey information #183 )

Techniques

• G96: Providing textual identification of items that otherwise rely only on sensory information to be understood

Relationship between techniques and failures

• F14 is the counterpart of G96
• F26 is also covered by H37 if it's an image