Landmarks

Labels for the main regions of a page, such as header, navigation, main content and footer, that let agents skip straight to what they need.

Why it matters

Landmarks let an agent jump straight to your main content instead of reading every menu and banner first, which makes it faster and less likely to give up. They also help people using screen readers. Adding them is usually a small template change for your developers, done once for the whole site.

More terms in finding the way

• Accessibility tree The structured view of a page that screen readers and many browser agents use: its headings, links, buttons and form fields, with their names.
• Accessible name The name a button, link or field has in the accessibility tree, from its text, label or aria-label.
• Overlay Anything that covers the page, such as a cookie banner, newsletter pop-up or chat window.
• WCAG The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, the standard for making sites usable by people with disabilities.

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