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Re: Wai Aria Roles for navigation -- breadcrumbs

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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Nov 3, 2011 12:51AM

Hi Nancy,
There is no such landmark role for submenu items, you should not use
Role="navigation" for each submenu item that will become redundant.
you can use more than one navigation landmark such as for main navigation
menu and left navigation bar in your example.
There is no equivalent landmark role present for bredcrums, you can use
role="Navigation" but it doesn't convey actual meaning and is not required.



On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I training myself and putting together some mockups for the next
> generation of html for the specific site I am working on. I am still
> learning landmark roles for presentation.
>
> The site has horizontal global navigation and each link in the
> horizontal takes you to sub section, each with a sub navigation menu
> for that section and is located in the left nav.
>
> The site also has breadcrumbs that will be dynamically generated
> depending in the page.
>
> My questions are:
> Is there a role for sub menu items? Does one use role="navigation" on
> one page?
> Is there a special role for breadcrumb navigation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nancy
>