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Re: The importance of landmarks to screen readers?

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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 28, 2021 8:21PM

According to the specification, nesting a complementary landmark inside the main landmark is an ARIA violation because complementary landmarks should be top level landmarks (i.e. not contained within any other landmarks).

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#complementary

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices/examples/landmarks/complementary.html

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd