main landmark
The element, main or role=main, that marks the primary content of a page so a screen reader can jump to it. Exactly one per page.
What main landmark does not show
A theme that prints it on its own templates often prints nothing on a page builder's, so the pages that matter are the ones to check.
Where main landmark comes up on this site
- Page builders drop the main landmark: nine HTML checksTwo of the sites we operate had no main landmark on any page that mattered.
Definitions that name main landmark
accessibility structure · landmark region · landmark
Related terms in Indexing and discovery
Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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Questions about main landmark
What is main landmark?
The element, main or role=main, that marks the primary content of a page so a screen reader can jump to it. Exactly one per page.
What does main landmark not show or guarantee?
A theme that prints it on its own templates often prints nothing on a page builder's, so the pages that matter are the ones to check.
Which area of the glossary does main landmark belong to?
Indexing and discovery: Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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