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Re: Aria roles instead of headings?

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From: Christian Biggins
Date: Mar 4, 2013 9:00PM

Hi Jared,

Everything I have read about headings suggest that they must be in order
and that you cannot 'skip' a heading level.

Christian

Christian Biggins <http://about.me/cbiggins>;





On 5 March 2013 14:58, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Christian Biggins wrote:
>
> > One problem is the markup of our search form. It usually sits above the
> > page title (h1) and has been marked up incorrectly with an h2 for the
> > search form title.
>
> There's nothing wrong with having an h2 precede the h1.
>
> > My question is, is it acceptable to wrap the form with a div containing
> the
> > role 'search' or even give them 'form' tag the 'role' attribute of
> 'search'
>
> Either (but not both) would be fine. You already have a form element,
> so it'll be cleaner to just add the search role to it.
>
> > rather than having a heading at all up there?
>
> Why not do both? This would provide easier page navigation for users
> that navigate by headings and those that navigate by landmarks.
>
> Jared
> > > >