Testing for Web Accessibility: Additional Tools

The following additional tools may be of help in your Testing for Web Accessibility efforts.

Bookmarklet: Test for ARIA Patterns

To set up the bookmarklet for use:

  1. Drag this link (ARIA Test) to your browser's bookmarks bar. (Where?)

To test that it's working:

  1. Navigate to this page: Sample page with no ARIA

  2. When the page is loaded, click on the "Test for ARIA" bookmark. In the page, you should not see much change because no ARIA is implemented on the page.

  3. Now navigate to this page: Sample page with ARIA

  4. When the page is loaded, click on the "Test for ARIA" bookmark. Now you should see numerous yellow ARIA tags.

Now you can return to the check called The view provides name/role/value for all elements.

Bookmarklet: Test for Autocomplete

To set up the bookmarklet for use:

  1. Drag this link (Autocomplete Test) to your bookmarks bar. (Where?)

  1. Visit the page you want to test.

  2. When the page loads, click on the "Test for Autocomplete" bookmark to test the page.

Now you can return to the check Text inputs are automatically filled when they ask for personal information.

Bookmarklet: Test for User's Ability to Customize Text

To set up the bookmarklet for use:

  1. Drag this link (Custom Text Test) to your bookmarks bar. (Where?)

Now return to the check called Ensure that the user can customize the text display.

Where’s My Bookmarks Bar?

Typically browsers place the bookmarks toolbar at the top of the browser screen underneath the address field (where you see the URL of the page you're on). Sometimes, however, the toolbar may be implemented (or configured by you) as a sidebar.

Some browsers now hide the bookmarks bar by default.

To turn it on: