Symmetry theme: automated accessibility test

On September 29, 2026 the AccessifyAI scanner tested the official demo store of Symmetry 8.3.2 by Clean Canvas on 4 pages. It found 4 issue types (16 occurrences in total). For 9 of the 12 WCAG 2.2 criteria this index evaluates it found nothing.

Is Symmetry accessible?

An automated test cannot answer that on its own. What this one shows is 4 types of issues on the Symmetry demo store within the 12 criteria this index evaluates, listed below. The content, apps and settings of your store decide much of the result. Of the 55 WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA criteria, the scanner tests 15, this index reports 12, and the other 40 need a person to check them.

This is not a certification and not a legal assessment.

Test details

Developer: Clean Canvas
Price: $420 USD
Version tested: 8.3.2, released July 3, 2026
Style: Symmetry
Scan date: September 29, 2026
Demo store: chantilly.myshopify.com
Theme Store: Theme Store page
Page size limit: 8 MB per page for this theme. The app reads 2 MB per page; at least one page of this demo store is larger, so the theme was read with a higher limit. The rules are the same.
Pages: Home page: tested, 4 findings
Collection page: tested, 3 findings
Product page: tested, 8 findings
Cart page: tested, 1 finding

What the test found

Link without a name

WCAG 2.2 2.4.4 Link purpose (in context), Level A

5 occurrences, found on: Home page, Product page

Why it matters for shoppers: A screen reader announces “link” and nothing else, so the shopper cannot tell where it leads.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: Icon links in the header (account, cart), social media icons in the footer, image-only links on product cards and collection tiles.
Direction for a fix: Add visually hidden text or an aria-label to icon links, for example “Cart” or “Instagram”. For an image link, give the image an alt text.
Examples from the demo store: a
a.thumbnail
a#product-info

Hidden from screen readers but still reachable with Tab

WCAG 2.2 4.1.2 Name, role, value, Level A

1 occurrence, found on: Collection page

Why it matters for shoppers: A keyboard user lands on an element that the screen reader does not announce.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: Cloned carousel slides, off-screen drawers and mobile menus hidden with aria-hidden, quick add buttons inside hidden slides.
Direction for a fix: When a region is hidden with aria-hidden, take its controls out of the tab order too, with tabindex="-1" or the inert attribute.
Examples from the demo store: a.filter-shade

The same id is used more than once

WCAG 2.2 4.1.2 Name, role, value, Level A

9 occurrences, found on: Home page, Collection page, Product page, Cart page

Why it matters for shoppers: Labels, error messages and aria references can point at the wrong element, so a field or control may lose its name.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: Sections rendered twice on one page, such as desktop and mobile headers, cart drawer and cart page, or country and language selectors in both header and footer.
Direction for a fix: Make generated ids unique, for example by adding the section id to them.
Examples from the demo store: "contact_form", 2×
"FeaturedMedia-template--24058934624279__main-20306298306583-wrapper", 2×
"FeaturedMedia-template--24058934624279__main-20306298339351-wrapper", 2×

Page without an h1 heading

WCAG 2.2 1.3.1 Info and relationships, Level A

1 occurrence, found on: Collection page

Why it matters for shoppers: Screen reader users often jump to the first-level heading to learn what a page is about.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: The main title of a template: collection banner, product title in the main product section, cart title. Some templates style the title as a heading without using an h1.
Direction for a fix: Render the main title of every template as one h1.

Evaluated criteria without findings: 9 of 12

Without findings means the automated test found nothing for the criterion on these pages. Several of these criteria can only be tested in part by a machine.

1.1.1 Non-text content (Level A)
1.4.2 Audio control (Level A)
1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA)
2.4.1 Bypass blocks (Level A)
2.4.2 Page titled (Level A)
2.4.3 Focus order (Level A)
3.1.1 Language of page (Level A)
3.2.1 On focus (Level A)
3.3.8 Accessible authentication (minimum) (Level AA)

Not evaluated in this index

1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets
2.4.11 Focus not obscured (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets
2.5.8 Target size (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets

Also noted, Level AAA

Level AAA goes beyond what EN 301 549, the standard behind the EAA and the BFSG, asks for. These points are listed for completeness and are not counted above.

Link opens a new tab without saying so (3.2.5 Change on request): 6
Link text such as “Read more” on its own (2.4.9 Link purpose (link only)): 1

What this result does not tell you

The scanner checks 15 of the 55 WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria, some of them only in part, and this index reports 12 of them. Keyboard use, focus visibility, captions, error messages and most of what makes a checkout usable need a person to check.
Contrast (minimum), focus not obscured and target size are not evaluated here: they need the rendered page with its stylesheets, and this test does not load stylesheets. Their findings are left out of every count on this page.
It tests the demo store as it was on the scan date: demo content, settings and apps included. A store built on the same theme can have more or fewer findings.
The scanner reads the HTML the server sends, without running scripts or loading external stylesheets. Content that scripts add after the page loads is not part of this test.
It is not a certification and not a legal assessment of the theme or of any store that uses it.

How we test

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: AccessifyAI Shopify theme accessibility index, accessifyai.de

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