Advanced Search - 2.4.6 Headings and Labels - 1 skipped heading level is present on the Search field title

[imogenroberts]

As a user reliant on a screen reader, I expect heading levels to be in a sequential order so that I can form a mental image of the structure of the page and be able to skip to content quickly.

Linked work item:
#9386

Expected Result:
Heading levels in the page should be sequential so that screen reader users are able, not only to form a mental image of the structure of the page, but also to skip to content they want without worrying that they have missed something important.

Actual Result:
The heading level here is at h4, meaning that h3 has been skipped and might cause users to believe they have missed important information on the page.

Evidence:

[apeters]

I think we should just remove all heading levels as it's too hard manage consistent levels

[imogenroberts]

This might actually work - as long as headings are clear and descriptive of contents they don't have to be numbered (not sure how this works from a dev standpoint). See below for full interpretation from WCAG:

[johnatawnclementawn]

@apeters @imogenroberts This should be resolved when #9829 is merged in.

Alexei - I see there are merge conflicts there. Those are from primarily caused by the em/rem font sizes & focus shifting PR's being merged into accessibility... so I'll just need to spend a bit of time making sure those previous changes are properly migrated into #9829. The estimate you have for this ticket is appropriate for that work

[apeters]

@imogenroberts this should be fixed on the latest selectwoo_integration branch

[apeters]

@imogenroberts this should be fixed in the latest, can you retest to confirm?

[imogenroberts]

RETEST: Skipped heading level on 'Search Facets' heading has now been fixed.

Evidence: