Line View pane (low vision)
The Line View pane is a table that presents the problems for the selected categories line by line.
Provided information
For each problem, the following information is given:
- Type (Icon): a visual indicator for the problem.
The icons used in the Line View pane in the low vision mode are as follows:
: This icon appears with some other icon. The corresponding element can be highlighted in the Simulation View by selecting this line.
: This problem is related to the colors of the corresponding element.
: This problem is related to the font size of the corresponding element.
- Accessibility guidelines: The five accessibility guidelines and standards that are available for use appear to the right of the icon column. In the Checker Options dialog box
(Opened by clicking Tool > Checker Options), the guidelines can be selected for aDesigner to use when it checks the accessibility and usability of webpages.
- WCAG: The number of the corresponding checkpoint defined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are issued by the World Wide Web Consortium.
- [Section] 508: The corresponding rule in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act §1194.22.
- JIS: The corresponding checkpoint of the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) X8341-3.
- IBM Web Accessibility Checklist: The number of the corresponding checkpoint of the IBM Web Accessibility Checklist.
- Problem Description: A description of the accessibility or usability problem that will prevent users with low vision from accessing the page.
- Severity: The seriousness of the problem, rated on a scale that ranges from 0 to 100.
- Foreground: The foreground color of the element. This information is used only for text color problems.
- Background: The background color of the element. This information is used only for text color problems.
- X: The x-coordinate of the upper left corner of the element.
- Y: The y-coordinate of the upper left corner of the element.
- Area: The area of a box surrounding the element. The surrounding box will appear when the problem is selected.
Interaction
Left-click a line to highlight the element that corresponds to the problem in the Visualization View pane.
Right-click a line or press Shift+F10 to open a context menu.
- Clear Selection: Selecting this item clears (unselects) the currently selected problem (or problems) in the Line view.
This is used to stop highlighting problems in the Simulation/Visualization view.
- View Guideline: Selecting this item refers to the
corresponding help pages of the guideline items, which appear in a separate browser window. If there are no relevant checkpoints in any guideline, this item is not available.
- View Problem Description: Selecting this item creates a pop-up dialog that shows the problem description for the selected problem.
This is useful when the problem description is too long to read in the Line View.
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