Clickable control with no role Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Clickable controls should have an ARIA role.

Help

Controls that respond to clicks should have a role. div and span elements, and a elements without an href attribute, have no semantic role. Preferably use a native button or a href element; otherwise add an ARIA role such as role=button or role=link.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F15 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F15 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F15 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F15 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)
• EN 301 549 F15 (Success Criteria: 4.1.2 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints. EN 301 549 checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.1 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 2026.60 Apr 2026 Improved detection.
• 5.37 May 2020 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccHtmlClickableNoRole