practice
Heading Hierarchy
Heading hierarchy is the practice of structuring page headings (h1 through h6) in a logical nested sequence — single h1 per page, h2 for top-level sections, h3 nested within h2 — so that screen-reader users can navigate the page structure by heading level and infer document organisation.
About Heading Hierarchy
Common failure: using heading levels for visual styling rather than semantic structure. Use CSS to style; use heading levels to convey structure.
Where Heading Hierarchy appears in a AccessivePath audit
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