Checklist · WCAG 2.2 AA

European Accessibility Act Checklist for Online Shops: 16 Points to Test Yourself

Automated tests find only part of the barriers. This checklist separates what a tool can detect from what you test yourself in about 45 minutes.

What a tool finds

• Missing page language and title
• Zoom disabled on mobile
• Images without alt text
• Form fields with placeholder only
• Links and buttons without names – cart, search and menu icons
• Missing h1, skipped heading levels
• iframes without title, autoplay, positive tabindex, missing skip link
• No link to an accessibility statement

The free Quick Check tests these points on your shop address.

What you test manually

1. Tab through the page: everything reachable, logical order.
2. Focus always visible, including menu, cookie banner and checkout.
3. Menus, filters, galleries, pop-ups open with keyboard and close with Esc.
4. Cookie banner keyboard operable.
5. Complete purchase with keyboard only.
6. Browser zoom 200%: nothing cut off.
7. Contrast: body text 4.5:1, large text and icons 3:1.
8. Information not by colour alone.
9. Error messages as text next to the field, with a hint.
10. No time limit in checkout, or extendable.
11. CAPTCHA with alternative.
12. Captions for videos with speech.
13. Link texts make sense on their own.
14. Purchase-relevant PDFs also as HTML.
15. Quick screen reader test (VoiceOver, NVDA).
16. Accessibility statement linked, known issues with dates.

FAQ

Is an automated accessibility test enough?

No. Automated tests reliably find missing alt text, unlabelled fields or disabled zoom, but not whether alt text is meaningful, whether checkout works with a keyboard or whether error messages are understandable.

Which standard applies?

In practice EN 301 549, which refers to WCAG at level AA for web content.