axe DevTools Linter Accessibility Rules
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This article contains information about the rules and tags recognized by axe DevTools Linter, and each rule links to a page on Deque University with more information.
Rules
axe DevTools Linter checks source against the following rules:
- area-alt
- aria-allowed-attr
- aria-allowed-role
- aria-command-name
- aria-conditional-attr
- aria-deprecated-role
- aria-dialog-name
- aria-input-field-name
- aria-meter-name
- aria-progressbar-name
- aria-prohibited-attr
- aria-required-attr
- aria-roledescription
- aria-roles
- aria-text
- aria-toggle-field-name
- aria-tooltip-name
- aria-treeitem-name
- aria-valid-attr
- aria-valid-attr-value
- autocomplete-valid
- button-name
- definition-list
- empty-heading
- empty-table-header
- frame-title
- html-has-lang
- html-lang-valid
- image-alt
- input-button-name
- input-image-alt
- label
- link-name
- list
- meta-refresh
- meta-viewport
- nested-interactive
- object-alt
- presentation-role-conflict
- role-img-alt
- select-name
- svg-img-alt
- tabindex
- valid-lang
Markdown Rule
axe DevTools Linter checks Markdown source against the following rule:
React Native Rules
For information on the rules used for linting React Native code, see Using axe DevTools Linter for React Native.
Tags
The following table shows the tags that are accepted by axe DevTools Linter for selecting the rules to check source against:
| Tag Name | Accessibility Standard / Purpose |
|---|---|
| wcag2a | WCAG 2.0 Level A |
| wcag2aa | WCAG 2.0 Level AA |
| wcag21a | WCAG 2.1 Level A |
| wcag21aa | WCAG 2.1 Level AA |
| best-practice | Common accessibility best practices |