Divergence of results for the same WCAG 2.1 AA tag in Axe Core to Axe-Core DevTools with WCAG 2.1 AA

[douglascugliaridev]

Product

axe-core

Question

Hello, I would like to know if I can do an analysis using the Axe-core to analyze only for example by the WCAG 2.1A and WCAG 2.1 AA tag. Pegunto, because I’m trying to do an analysis by just passing these two Tags and it’s not bringing any problem. Already in the Axe-Core Devtools Free version that comes with the WCAG 2.1 AA tag selected it brings several defects to the page I’m analyzing.

[WilcoFiers]

@douglascugliaridev Yes this is possible. You can use the runOnly option for this with the wcag21a and wcag21aa tag:

const results = await axe.run({ runOnly: ['wcag21a', 'wcag21aa'] })

You can find the documentation for it here:
https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core/blob/develop/doc/API.md#options-parameter