2.4.4: Link Purpose (In Context) [A]
Description
The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general.
Sufficient Techniques
Sufficient Techniques for Success Criterion 2.4.4
Note: Other techniques may also be sufficient if they meet the success criterion. See Understanding Techniques.
- G91: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link
- H30: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements
- H24: Providing text alternatives for the area elements of image maps
- Allowing the user to choose short or long link text using one of the techniques below:
- G53: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with the text of the enclosing sentence
- Providing a supplemental description of the purpose of a link using one of the following techniques:
- Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with programmatically determined link context using one of the following techniques:
- ARIA7: Using aria-labelledby for link purpose
- ARIA8: Using aria-label for link purpose
- H77: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing list item
- H78: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing paragraph
- H79: Identifying the purpose of a link in a data table using the link text combined with its enclosing table cell and associated table header cells
- H81: Identifying the purpose of a link in a nested list using link text combined with the parent list item under which the list is nested
- G91: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link