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Table 6 Most common error titles identified by Tenon aligned with the most common WCAG errors for this sample. Only error titles that comprised at least 5% of the errors within a particular WCAG success criteria are presented here

From: Physics webpages create barriers to participation for people with disabilities: five common web accessibility errors and possible solutions

WCAG 2.0 success criteria

Error title

# of errors

% of error type

Level A, 1.1.1, Non-text content

CSS-generated content found

7589

63.4%

This icon font has no accessible name

2654

22.2%

This element uses multiple strategies to create labels

1038

8.7%

Level A, 1.3.1, Info and relationships

This may be an implicit heading.

8409

47.9%

All caps text found

4995

28.4%

This element uses multiple strategies to create labels

1038

5.9%

Level AA, 1.4.4, Resize text

This element uses absolute positioning

3319

74.8%

Very small text found

1101

24.8%

Level A, 2.4.4, Link purpose (in context)

Links have identical ‘href’ attribute values but different text

2311

35.5%

This link has a ‘title’ attribute that is the same as the text inside the link

1904

29.2%

Links have the same text but different destinations

1629

25.0%

This link has no text inside it

517

7.9%

Level A, 4.1.2, Name, role, value

This link uses an invalid hypertext reference.

1639

33.2%

Element has orphaned aria attributes

1264

25.6%

This element uses multiple strategies to create labels

1038

21.0%