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Re: Headings or not headings?

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From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Feb 3, 2022 5:28AM

I would not see it limited to h1-h6 and stuff with role=heading.
I see 2.4.6 as applying whenever there is a semantic heading function
for stuff subsumed (legend for radio groups, th for column content,
invisible labels for nabigation regions, and so on). It assesses the
"descriptiveness" (itself not an easy concept and to be evaluated with
the context in mind) of such elements rather than aspects of
programmatic determination.

Am 03.02.2022 um 12:17 schrieb Fernand van Olphen:
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> 2.4.6 Headings and labels
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> In a note it says:
> The term label is not limited to the label element in HTML.
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> It doesn't say:
> The term heading is not limited tot the h element in HTML.
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> I was thinking - overthinking probably- that a caption, a legend or a dt can also function as "content that acts as a heading".
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> But am I right in thinking that Headings in this case points exclusively to the h-element?
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> > Van: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > namens Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Verzonden: woensdag 2 februari 2022 16:10
> Aan: <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Onderwerp: Re: [WebAIM] Headings or not headings?
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> On 02/02/2022 14:34, Fernand van Olphen wrote:
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>> A follow up question: what if something looks like a heading, but isn't marked up with a <h#>, is there a way to pass 1.3.1?
> That gets into the very subjective "does that *look* and more
> importantly *act* as a heading?" question. To me, it's reasonably clear
> that those aren't headings per se, but individual items...they just
> happen to be visually styled a bit bigger.
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> And there's the dirty secret of WCAG...there is much more
> subjectivity/vagueness than what the SCs initially seem to suggest.
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