| Definition |
A region landmark is a perceivable section of the page containing content that is sufficiently important for users to be able to navigate to the section.
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| ARIA 1.1 Specification |
region landmark
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| Coding Patterns |
- A
region landmark must have a label using aria-label, arai-labelledby or the title attribute.
- If a page includes more than one
region landmark, each should have a unique label.
- The
region landmark can be used identify content that named landmarks do not appropriately describe.
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| Techniques |
- Use the HTML5
section element to define a region landmark.
- If the HTML5
section element technique is not being used, use a role="region" attribute to define a region landmark.
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| Headings |
- Each region landmark should have a heading
h2-h6 element identifying the content of the landmark.
- If there are more than one region landmark on the page, use
aria-labelledby to reference the heading element for labeling each landmark.
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