[Athen] Question about headings

[glen walker]

The question was more about skipping heading levels as opposed to the
usefulness of headings.

Yes, you can skip levels if it makes logical sense.  If you have a main h1
and then a few sub h2's, then if any of those h2's need a sub-sub-heading,
then don't skip and use an h4.  It's not a technical WCAG failure but an h3
would make sense at that point.

However, if you have h1 and h2's and some pages have an h3 and then you
have h4's in your footer, then if you have a page with only an h1 and an
h2, then it's ok to have h4's in the footer without having any h3's on the
page.


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:56 AM Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
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> My screenreading students appreciate the headings.  They are okay with

> three levels – H1, H2, H3, but if we need deeper we should do it.

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> Here’s the thing about headings, though…they help make a consistent output

> and a *visually* pleasing document, and a document that will work well

> for sighted AND non-sighted users.  They are also easier than adding

> bolding, centering, color, and sizing individually to different parts of

> the text.

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> I have trouble understanding why anyone would fight an efficient process

> with a beautiful outcome.

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> Hello All,

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> We’re having some debate on our campus about whether it’s ok to skip

> heading levels or not. I’ve always understood that it was best not to, but

> WCAG doesn’t explicitly state this. What is the consensus from actual

> screen reader users?

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