Repetitive Content – Accessibility Guidelines

Bypass Blocks #

A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple web pages.

Content/Design Considerations

• Identify the repetitive content on pages and the location of where a skip mechanism should land.
• If there are multiple repeated blocks of content, provide a mechanism to bypass each block.
• The link can be made invisible until it gets focus so that sighted keyboard users can also use it.

Development Considerations

• Provide a skip mechanism that is keyboard accessible.

Consistent Navigation #

Navigational mechanisms that are repeated on multiple web pages within a set of web pages occur in the same relative order each time they are repeated, unless a change is initiated by the user.

Content/Design Considerations

• Repeated content on multiple pages must be in a consistent order across the pages.
• Navigation mechanisms can be any repeated information on pages and are not limited to links and menus.

Development Considerations

• Building a website or web application using templates and reusable components provides familiarity and consistency for its users.

Consistent Identification #

Components that have the same functionality within a set of web pages are identified consistently.

Content/Design Considerations

• Give repeated functional components a consistent name.

Development Considerations

• Building a website or web application using templates and reusable components provides familiarity and consistency for its users.