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title
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As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'unconfirmed'.
This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion and informational purposes only.
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title
element.title
element is expected to contain less than 150 characters (English) or the user must confirm that it is the shortest possible title.title
is short.title
element.Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.
This test contains language specific directions and is dependent upon the language of the content. It may be applied only to content written in the following languages:
Language | Maximum Title Length |
---|---|
eng | 150 |
These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.
title
element is too long (greater than 150 characters).)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>This is a really really long title and maybe it should be shortened. In fact I think it really should be shortened. Yes, let's all shorted the title so it's more manageable for everyone.</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
title
element has valid length (less than 150 characters).)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #52 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>