A document with an object element in an image map. The object element embeds an image in PNG format, and contains an img element with the GIF version of the same image. The alt attribute of the img element identifies the image and conveys the same information. However, the alt attribute of one of the map's area elements is empty. The object element does not have a title attribute or any other text alternative except the alt attribute of the img element. Alt attribute for areas in client-side image maps: object and nested image both referencing same map Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007 2005-08-29 draft How to specify alternate text General Inclusion: The object element How to create client-side image maps Client-side image maps: the map and area elements

This test case is intended to fail because one of the areas of the image map has no text alternative. The empty text alternative is an issue in itself, but, in addition to this, browser support for the object element may also determine if this test case is accessible or not. Internet Explorer has weak or no support for the object element.

 enduser

Do you understand the meaning of the object in the page? (The object may be an image, applet, …)

Verstehen Sie die Bedeutung des dargestellten Objektes? (Es kann sich dabei um ein Bild, ein Applet, … handeln.)

Do you understand the meaning of the object in the page? (The object may be an image, applet, …)

Verstehen Sie die Bedeutung des dargestellten Objektes? (Es kann sich dabei um ein Bild, ein Applet, … handeln.)

The image has a fallback with a text description but one of the areas in the image map has no text description.

The object element has an img element with an alt attribute as a fallback . Since there is no direct text alternative, it is not entirely clear if this code is accessible. However, since the second area element in the map element has an empty alt attribute, this case does not pass.

This test case is identical to xhtml1_wcag2_20050630_1.1_l1_sc1_011, except that the second area has an empty alt attribute.

(In Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0, the map does not work if the map element has only an id and no name attribute.)

(Internet Explorer does not support object but displays the fallback image.)