Element summary requires details` parent Web Standard

Description

Element summary not allowed as child element in this context.

Help

The summary element must appear inside a details element. Without the parent element it looks like plain text, but is voiced as collapsed summary group by a screen reader which cannot be expanded.

Applicable standards

• (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• HTML

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

• 6.50 Oct 2023 Added.

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

Rule ID: W3cHtml5Error-RnvErElem-summary