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Page Landmarks

Also known as: ARIA Landmarks, Landmark Regions, Landmark Roles

Named regions of a web page that identify its high-level structure — for example banner, navigation, main, complementary, search, form, contentinfo — so that assistive technology can expose them as jump targets. Landmarks are typically declared with semantic HTML elements (header, nav, main, aside, footer) or WAI-ARIA landmark roles, and modern screen readers provide keyboard shortcuts to cycle through them. Well-marked landmarks are one of the most effective ways to let blind users orient themselves on an unfamiliar page and skip past repeated blocks such as navigation menus.

Category: Web Accessibility · ARIA · Screen Readers · Semantic HTML · Navigation and Wayfinding

Related: ARIA · WAI-ARIA · Semantic HTML · Screen Reader · Heading Navigation · Web Accessibility

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