Page Title - Information For This Demo
Quick tip: Every page should have a unique page title.
The page title is the first thing a screen reader will announce when a page is loaded. If multiple pages have the same title, the user must search through the page to figure out what is different about each page with the same title.
How to test this issue
- Test technique: Visual test.
- Read the title displayed in the browser tab.
- Confirm that the title is meaningful.
- Alternate test technique 1: WAVE.
- WAVE will report an error when the page title is missing.
- WAVE will also report an error in some cases if the title is not meaningful (such as being set to Untitled).
- When a title is provided, confirm that the title is meaningful.
- Alternate test technique 2: JAWS.
- JAWS announces the tile first thing when a page is loaded.
- You can also press Insert+T to tell JAWS to announce the page title.
- Confirm that the title is meaningful.
Failing WCAG Guidelines and Test Tips
For this demo, the following WCAG guidelines fail:
- 2.4.2: Page Titled