Chris SmithSemantics question. My page has a 'main' area and an 'aside' (sidebar). Does the sidebar content need to follow the main's heading hierarchy, e.g. start at h2 if the main page has a h1, or is it a separate context? Does any h1-h6 tag make sense in an aside? Thanks.
Adrian Roselli, pH0@chris22smith Avoid the `<h1>` since that suggests the content is a peer to the page itself, which weird. It can also make navigating by heading on more bit of hassle. Especially if that `<aside>` is in the `<main>`.
So I would start with `<h2>`.
@aardrian Thank you. That makes sense. Would having multiple h2s then be weird? Would it be clearer to have one acting as the heading for the aside and then use h3s for subdivisions of the aside?
@chris22smith It could be weird or it could be fine, depending on content.
Heading levels are really an outline for the page structure, reflecting the relationship and hierarchy of the content.
Users most affected by levels (SR users) consider those outside the context of landmarks, so it show hew closer to the content intent.
@aardrian Thanks for your time. I think I know what to do.