The page has no main landmark
Automated check landmark-one-main, 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 region.
Why it matters
Without a <main> element, users must tab through the entire header and navigation on every single page.
How to fix it
Wrap the primary content of each page in a single <main> element.
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