- Success Criterion 3.2.3
- Conformance level AA
Skip Link Appearing in a Different Order on Different Pages
3.2.3 — Consistent Navigation
Scenario
Setting
An online spreadsheet's toolbar
What’s wrong
Skip links appearing in different sequence among the first focusables per page.
Example
<!-- Nav order: Home, Products, About on page A; About, Home, Products on page B -->Why it matters
People who navigate by memory and routine, including many with cognitive or low-vision needs.
How to test
Check the order of the first few focusable elements (including any skip link) on multiple pages: if the sequence varies page to page, it fails.
How to fix
Repeated navigation must appear in the same relative order on every page in the set.
<!-- Same nav component, same link order, on every page -->Repeated navigation must appear in the same relative order across every page it's used on.
Outcome
On an online spreadsheet's toolbar, this barrier is gone for people who navigate by memory and routine — they get the same result as anyone else here.
Who is affected
People who navigate by memory and routine, including many with cognitive or low-vision needs.
Learn more
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