F97: Failure due to locking the orientation to landscape or portrait view
Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.1, 2.2Level AAAutomatable: yes
Summary: locking the orientation to landscape or portrait view
Why it fails: This page reproduces the F97 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 1.3.4.
Failure technique
Understanding
Quickref
Rotate to landscape (or widen the window on desktop) to see the orientation lock message.
Intentional failure — audit this region
F97
Content locked to portrait orientation.
<p class="f97-msg">Content locked to portrait orientation.</p>Expected audit result
- 1.3.4: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 1.3.4.
Manual check: Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F97 failure in isolation.