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Re: Hidden headings with aria-labelledby or just aria-label best for for labelling landmark regions?

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From: glen walker
Date: Jul 23, 2018 9:38AM

Yes, that was my assumption too, adding a heading for the benefit of
navigating, but doing so could be confusing for the page outline since it
would be a contrived heading for the sole purpose of navigating.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > . I have not added visually hidden headings for the sole purpose of
> being the label for the landmark.
>
> I'm assuming authors do this to support users who may navigate by heading
> and not landmarks -- but they also associate them to benefit people who
> navigate by landmarks. I'm not commenting on whether this is good or bad
> -- but just a guess on why authors do this. My understanding is that
> many users navigate by heading rather than landmark from looking at the
> WebAIM screen reader user survey.
>
> Jonathan
>