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Text Capitalization

Description

Check how words are capitalized in various contexts, such as page titles, headings, or table headers.

Configuration options:

Capitalization format

What kind of of capitalization style should be used?

  • Sentence case: Only words at the start of a sentence and proper nouns will be capitalized.

  • Title case (AP Stylebook): Title casing based on the Associated Press Stylebook

  • Title case (Chicago Manual of Style): Title casing based on the Chicago Manual of Style

Defaults to: Title case (AP Stylebook)

Target element(s)

Which elements on the page should this capitalization be applied to?

  • Headings: All headings on a page, regardless of the heading level. To only use this for certain heading levels, use one or multiple of:

    • Heading 1

    • Heading 2

    • Heading 3

    • Heading 4

    • Heading 5

    • Heading 6

  • Paragraph: All normal paragraphs on the page.

  • Hyperlinks: All hyperlinks on the page, both external and internal links.

  • Quotes: All "Quote" paragraphs on the page

  • Tables: Any text within a table on the page.

  • Table Header: Only header text of tables on the page.

  • Table Body: Only body text of headers on the page.

  • Page Title: Only the title of the page.

  • Any: Any text, anywhere on the page, including all of the elements listed above.

It is possible to select multiple values for this setting using the picker. Click the β€œx” next to a value to remove it from the list.

Defaults to: Any

Advanced Mode Example

# Report on incorrect capitalization in a specific element.

rule: text-capitalization
level: minor
style: title          
scope:
  - heading1
  - heading2
description: Use title case in H1 and H2