Web Development
Web Developer Guidelines
Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 7.1 - Core

Stylesheets have been used for layout and presentation

WCAG 1.0 Priority 2

WCAG Guideline 3. Use markup and style sheets and do so properly.

Stylesheets allow for global control of presentation of the web page information, allow for a consistent web site look and feel, and ease of maintenance, and help cater for the application of user-specified stylesheets. Additionally, by caching the stylesheet, download times will often be reduced.

Requirement

All layout and presentation must be performed and controlled by CSS stylesheets

Checking Tool

  • Internet Explorer - AIS toolbar: CSS > Show Stylesheet(s)
  • Firefox - Web Developer's Toolbar: CSS > View CSS

Information Source

The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site  (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-style-sheets)

 

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