Testing lang attribute: invalid document lang
This page's <html> element uses the full word "english" instead of a valid language code.
Expected result, document level: Red banner, Document lang: "english", did you mean "en"?
HTML markup (document level)
<html lang="english">
...
</html>Inline example 1: valid language switch
The next paragraph contains a German phrase, correctly marked with lang="de":
Guten Tag, wie geht es Ihnen?
Expected result: Blue badge, "lang: de" (valid inline switch).
HTML markup
<span lang="de">Guten Tag, wie geht es Ihnen?</span>Inline example 2: empty lang attribute
The next paragraph has a lang attribute present but with no value:
This text has an empty lang attribute.
Expected result: Amber badge, lang attribute present but has no value.
HTML markup
<span lang="">This text has an empty lang attribute.</span>Inline example 3: unrecognised value
The next paragraph uses a made-up, unrecognised language code:
This text has an unrecognised lang code.
Expected result: Amber badge, unrecognised code, no confident suggestion available.
HTML markup
<span lang="xyz">This text has an unrecognised lang code.</span>Inline example 4: invalid value
The next paragraph uses an invalid language code:
This text has an invalid lang code.
Expected result: Amber badge, unrecognised code, no confident suggestion available.
HTML markup
<span lang="English">This text has an invalid lang code.</span>