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Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 1.14 - Core

Auto-redirect has not been used in the site

WCAG 1.0 Priority 2

WCAG Guideline 7. Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes.

Users should have control over the redirecting of pages in order to provide context and understanding of the information displayed. Automatic redirecting of content can be very disorienting to some users and the use of the Back button may be impacted.

Requirement

Do not use markup to cause a web page to auto-redirect.

Recommendation

If a redirect from one web page to another is required, then accomplish this either by using a static page with a link to the target page that the user must click on, or use a server-side HTTP Redirect.

The use of the <meta> element with http-equiv="refresh" is deprecated.

Checking Tool

View the Source Code of a web page to ensure there is no use of the <meta> element with http-equiv="refresh".

Information Source

The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site  (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-no-periodic-refresh)

 

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