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Re: JAWS 18 "no more headings at level X in this section"

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Apr 14, 2017 8:30AM

Hi Joseph,

it would be helpful if you provided:

- JAWS version
- browser and version
- code example


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Regards

SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 14 April 2017 at 15:06, Joseph Sherman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm on a page with a bunch of regions and headings. The top of page is the
> banner and search region. The main region has search results which are
> labeled H3. When the page loads the cursor is at the top of the page in the
> banner region. I press "3" to go to the first h3 search results, but JAWS
> says ""no more headings at level X in this section".
> Why does JAWS give this unhelpful response instead of going to the h3 in
> the Main section? When I press "3' in NVDA, it goes directly to the first
> search result, h3.
>
> I find this happens in a number of pages and web applications and is very
> annoying to have to first be in the correct region, and then be able to go
> to the heading that I want. Sometimes this happens for h1 in the main
> region if I am in the banner region. Is there a setting or something I can
> change in JAWS?
> Joseph
>
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