[6] Menu button not part of navigation landmark
Applies: Menu button (mobile only) for global navigation in the header and menu button for main navigation on all content pages with level 2 navigation.
Type: WCAG failure – 1.3.1 Info and Relationships
Platform: Mobile
Severity: Low
When in mobile view, the menu buttons for the global navigation and main navigation are located outside the <nav> (navigation) landmark. This landmark is intended to contain links for site or page navigation. Screen reader users can use shortcuts to quickly navigate to different landmarks.
Since the <nav> landmark is hidden from screen readers until the menu is opened, screen reader users can’t jump to the navigation landmark unless the menu button has already been opened.
This issue was identified as part of the accessibility testing performed on the DTA website Jan 2017: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3SXZ9dr83v0Y2cwV21HdUZ1STQ
[6] Menu button not part of navigation landmark Applies: Menu button (mobile only) for global navigation in the header and menu button for main navigation on all content pages with level 2 navigation. Type: WCAG failure – 1.3.1 Info and Relationships Platform: Mobile Severity: Low
When in mobile view, the menu buttons for the global navigation and main navigation are located outside the
<nav>
(navigation) landmark. This landmark is intended to contain links for site or page navigation. Screen reader users can use shortcuts to quickly navigate to different landmarks.Since the
<nav>
landmark is hidden from screen readers until the menu is opened, screen reader users can’t jump to the navigation landmark unless the menu button has already been opened.Code snippet
Recommendation
Relocate the menu button within the navigation landmark.
Use the
aria-hidden
attribute to hide the navigation items, not the navigation landmark region.Note that using CSS
display:none
hides information visually as well as from screen readers, and may be a better alternative thanaria-hidden="true"
.Code snippet based with better aria-hidden application