| Rule ID |
Heading 7 |
| Conformance |
Recommended |
| Definition |
If a contentinfo, complementary, form, navigation or search landmark contains a heading element, the first heading should be an h2 element. |
| Purpose |
- Headings provide a redundant way for people to navigate and orient themselves to content on a web page.
- The use of an
h2 element as the first heading in a landmark (except the main and banner landmarks) supports a consistent use of headings for finding the main sections in a web page.
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| Conformance |
Recommended |
| WCAG Success Criteria |
Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships
Other Related Success Criterion:
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| Rule Category |
Headings |
| Rule Scope |
Element |
| Techniques |
- Locate an
h2 element at the beginning of the content in the landmark to describe the content in the landmark.
- The
h2 element can be used as the accessible name for a landmark using the aria-labelledby attribute on the landmark to point to an id attribute on the h2 element.
- The
h2 element can be hidden from the graphical rendering using offscreen CSS positioning (e.g. position: absolute )techniques.
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| Information Links |
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