Re: Hiding heading level ones

Laura,
True, SR users will have some h1 text to read but if the page does not
have a page title it will fail SC 2.4.2. Non-SR users will not see a
page title.
Yes in some situations one may have an h1 and no content before the
next heading. But that is content that is available to all.
Sailesh


On 11/25/14, Laura Carlson <lcarlson@d.umn.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A Web developer in our marketing department has asked if the following
> markup, which is meant for use in Drupal themes and Dreamweaver
> templates throughout the organization, would meet WCAG AA with the
> notion that screen readers will be able to receive a good heading for
> the page and some snappy marketing text could go in the <h2>.
>
> <style>
> .hidden {
> position: absolute;
> top: -9999px;
> left: -9999px;
> }
> </style>
>
> <h1 class="hidden">Page Title</h1>
>  <!-- No other content -->
> <h2>THIS IS WHERE THE DOCUMENT HEADING GOES.</h2>
>
> Thoughts on that markup and WCAG AA?
>
> I stated that if he hides the <h1> he would be locking out people with
> cognitive and learning disabilities who would benefit from the ability
> to identify content by a visible <h1>. My advice to him was to keep
> the <h1> visible and intuitively easy to understand.
>
> I have cited Info and Relationships Success Criteria 1.3.1, "When such
> relationships are perceivable to one set of users, those relationships
> can be made to be perceivable to all."
>
> In addition I have pointed him to:
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/structure/coding/index.html#writing
>
> Other thoughts?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best Regards,
> Laura
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
> Information Technology Systems and Services
> University of Minnesota Duluth
> Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 15:11:36 UTC