Decorative Image Rules

HTML Markup Details

alt attribute: There will be no need to define an alt attribute for decorative images if the in-line HTML img markups for these images are removed and CSS techniques are used instead to implement styling requirements.; If for some reason CSS techniques cannot be used, the alt atribute of img element for decorative image should be set to null (alt="").

no. Testing Description Implementation

FAE Firefox
Accessibility
Extension

no.	Testing	Description	Implementation
1	Warning/Pass	Each `img` element with an empty alt attribute should be removed; CSS techniques should be used provide the graphical styling.	1.0	1.5
2	Warning/Pass	Each `img` element with width or height less than 8 pixels should be removed; CSS techniques should be used instead to provide the graphical styling. Implementation Notes This rule does not apply to images that are part of a link content.	NI	NI

Warning/Pass

Each img element with an empty alt attribute should be removed; CSS techniques should be used provide the graphical styling.

1.0

1.5

Warning/Pass

Each img element with width or height less than 8 pixels should be removed; CSS techniques should be used instead to provide the graphical styling.

Implementation Notes

Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator 1.0: The Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator is a web based tool to help developers evaluate web resources for the use of the iCITA HTML best practices.; Web interface cannot currently analyze content generated dynamically with javascript.
Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension: The Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension is a Firefox add-in that is designed to identify accessibility features for both static and dynamically generated html content.; Useful for identifying the location of specific accessibility problems for failures and warnings indentified in FAE reports.; Create FAE reports for a page that uses javascript to generate page content with the FAE DHTML Report feature.