a11y teacher edition W3C WCAG 2.2 & WCAG 3.0 draft reference
Plain English Accessibility Hub

Translating W3C Standards for Designers, Developers, QA & Product teams

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WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

developing Core requirement

Roles, values, states, properties available

Group: interactive-components • Guideline: control-information

Summary in Plain English

Interactive elements expose accurate names, roles, values and states.

Why It Matters

This is what assistive technology reads. An element with a wrong role is announced as the wrong kind of thing, and a missing state hides whether it is on, off, expanded or selected.

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