Page Title

Page title is the first piece of information available to users in a page. Screen readers also read the title of the page when a user loads a page.

Browser tab displaying the page title
Figure 1 Example of title visible for the respective tab of the browser for a webpage
Code inspector with markup for page title highlighted
Figure 2 Example of page title highlighted in the DOM for a webpage

NOTE:

  • New to accessibility or uncertain of requirements, it will be helpful to review all sections below.
  • Already familiar with requirements, skip to the “Working Example” section for sample HTML, CSS and JavaScript (when needed), along with a working demo.