Checking the accessibility of a form

The Accessibility Checker validates the accessibility of a form in LiveCycle Designer. The checker validates the accesssibility of a form for a specific set of rules.

To run the Accessibility checker

  1. Click Tools - > Macros -> Accessibility Check.

  2. The rules dialog displays the set of checks that the checker performs.

    A checkbox against each check enables you to specify which checks you want to perform.

  3. Click OK to run the checker.

As soon as the checker completes the validation, the PDF of the results, is displayed. The PDF provides a two-column output with each line item describing a form object and the accessibility error or warning that was found.

You can also view the results of the checker in the Designer Log palette for the form.

Accessibility checker rules

Rule

Description

Resolution

Fields without captions

Identifies fields for which captions are not specified

Select the field. Go to the Layout tab and specify a valid caption in the Caption group

Fields with no assist text

Identifies text fields for which alternate text or tooltip is not specified

Select the field. Go to the Accessibility tab and enter an appropriate description in the Custom Screen Reader Text or the Tool tip text field.

Tables with no header row

Identifies tables for which a header row in not defined

When you add a table to a form, select Include Header Row in Table in the Insert Table dialog

Images with no alternate text

Identifies images for which alternate text is not specified

Select the image. Go to the Accessibility tab and enter an appropriate description in the Custom Screen Reader Text field.

Read order and tab order diverge

Identifies if the read order and the tab order of a form are not identical.

This happens if a user goes to the Tab Order tab and changes the tab order of the form

Go the Tab Order tab and ensure the tab order of form is identical to the read order

Primary Locale

Identifies if the Primary Locale of the form is not specified.

By default, Designer uses the locale of the system where the form is created

Go to File -> Properties. In the Defaults tab, select a locale from the Form Locale drop-down list

Form Title

Identifies if a title is not specified for the form

Go to File -> Properties. In the Info tab, enter a valid title in the Title field

Check for presence of scripts

Warns the form author that scripts are present in the form. The author needs to check for accessibility violations

Verify that if the scripts perform any updates to the form, these updates comply with the accessibility rules

Check for repetitive hyperlinks

Warns the form author that if link text of a hyperlink is repeated more than two times in a form

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Check for roles

Identifies if one or more roles are specified for static text objects

Identifies if subforms for which the role List is specified contains list items

Select the static text object. Go to the Accessibility tab and specify a valid role

From the Object Library add a nested Subform to the Subform. Go to the Accessibility tab and specify the role as List Item

For more information about scripting, see Scripting Basics.

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