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Buttons must have discernible text

Ensures buttons have discernible text

Status
Failed
Impact
Critical
Category
Name Role Value
WCAG criteria
Guidance
Deque University

1 issue across 1 page

#1

How to fix

To fix the issue, you need to resolve at least one of these:

  • Element does not have inner text that is visible to screen readers
  • aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty
  • aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty
  • Element has no title attribute
  • Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"

Where to fix

We found occurrences on 1 page:

  1. alphagov.github.io/accessibility-tool-audit/tests/buttons-empty-button.html

    HTML node 
    <button></button>
    CSS selector 
    button