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Re: Left Column and Heading Level Order

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Jul 6, 2012 3:25PM

WCAG2 H42 has example 2 which covers this exact scenario

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H42.html

Regards,
James

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:04 PM, David Ashleydale < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It occurred to me today that having some content in the left column of a
> page and having the main content in the middle column could come into
> conflict with ensuring that heading levels appear in correct source code
> order. It could lead to having H2s before the H1 in the source code, for
> example.
>
> I guess I could put the column with the main content first in source code
> order and then just use styles to make it look like there's another column
> of stuff on the left, but this would seem to go against having a logical
> left-right Tab order.
>
> Is this an argument against having a page layout like this?
>
> Thanks,
> David
> > > >