accessibility-guidelines

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Summary

Give every page a unique and helpful title that indicates the purpose of the page.

Each page must have a unique title that indicates its topic or purpose.


Requirements

Common mistakes

Why?

This ensures that people with cognitive disabilities can quickly orientate themselves within the service and identify the purpose of the page without interpreting its entire contents.

The page/screen title is often the first thing people will see or hear and acts as a confirmation of where they have arrived at, helping people orientate themselves within websites and apps. It is particularly helpful for vision impaired users who cannot perceive the whole page/screen at once.

Official wording in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

2.4.2 Page Titled: Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose. (Level A)

This applies to native apps by replacing “Web pages” with “Screens”.

See the W3C’s detailed explanation of this guideline with techniques and examples.


Guidance for Design

More guidance for design


Guidance for iOS

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Guidance for Android

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Guidance for Web

Update the page title in Single Page Applications

From a user’s perspective, it doesn’t matter to them whether they’re visiting a Single Page App or not. They expect page titles to be updated to reflect the main content of the page as it changes.


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