practice
Reading Order
Reading order is the sequence in which screen readers traverse content — determined by DOM order in HTML and tag-tree order in PDF — and required by WCAG 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A) to be presentation-independent so that visual rearrangement (CSS, RTL) does not change the meaning of the content.
About Reading Order
A frequent failure: using CSS Grid or Flexbox order properties to reorder content visually while leaving DOM order incorrect.
Where Reading Order appears in a AccessivePath audit
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