Accessibility, Web Site Property Pages Dialog Box

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The Accessibility dialog box allows you to configure the settings that are in effect if you choose to perform accessibility validation while building the page or Web site, as set in the Build, Web Site Property Pages Dialog Box. For more information, see ASP.NET Accessibility.

Note

Accessibility tools are not available in Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express Edition.

The accessibility validation tool checks only HTML markup. It does not check ASP.NET Web server controls, because markup is created dynamically by controls (therefore, the tool cannot check the validity of the markup). Also, controls do not have metadata for ASP.NET to create an accessibility schema. It is recommended that you test the output of your pages in addition to using design-time accessibility validation tools.

The results of an accessibility validation check are displayed in the Error List Window. If the Error List window is not visible, in the View menu, click Error List.

To access this dialog box

  1. In Microsoft Visual Web Developer, in the Solution Explorer pane, click your Web site project name.

  2. Click View and then click Property Pages.

    Alternatively, you can right-click your Web site project name in Solution Explorer and click Property Pages.

    The Property Pages window appears.

  3. Click the Accessiblity node.

Tasks

UI Elements

Check For

  • WCAG priority 1
    Checks accessibility using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). For more information about the accessibility guidelines recommended in WCAG Guidelines 1.0 and 2.0, see the W3C Web Site.

  • WCAG priority 2
    Checks accessibility using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.

  • Access board section 508
    Checks accessibility using the standards defined by the United States government in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which are based on the WCAG. The guidelines are published on the Section 508 Web site at Section 508.

Show

  • Errors
    In the results list, includes items that are considered errors according to the guidelines you have selected.

  • Warnings
    In the results list, includes items that might need to be adjusted.

  • Manual checklist
    Creates a checklist you can use while addressing the issues in the accessibility checker report.

See Also

Concepts

ASP.NET Controls and Accessibility

Other Resources

ASP.NET Accessibility