The main content region is nested inside another region
Automated check landmark-main-is-top-level, run with axe-core
- WCAG
- Best practice: a recommendation, not a WCAG success criterion
- Severity
- Moderate: a degraded experience
- Typical effort
- Quick win, under 1 hour
- Category
- Page structure
Who this affects
Screen reader users who jump straight to the main content.
Why it matters
A <main> inside another region breaks the most-used shortcut for skipping the header and navigation.
How to fix it
Make <main> a direct part of the page, not a child of <header>, <aside> or another region.
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