Sidebar navigation headings are not in a logical order (H2, H3, H3, H3)
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<ul>
<li>The sidebar currently contains several <code><h2></code> elements</li>
<li>The visually-hidden “Administrative toolbar” heading should be the only <code><h2></code> heading, and all others should cascade below that starting with <code><h3></code></li>
</ul>
<h4>WCAG success criteria </h4>
<p><a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/info-and-relationships">1.3.1 Information and Relationships</a><br>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/headings-and-labels">2.4.6 Headings and Labels</a></p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<ol>
<li>Open the navigation in mobile or desktop view</li>
<li>Inspect the page in your browser</li>
<li>Search for “<h quotes within the sidebar></h></li>
<li>Verify that the <code><aside></code> only contains <code><h2></code> headings</li>
</ol>
<h4>Code snippet</h4>
<pre><aside class="admin-toolbar" id="admin-toolbar" data-once="navigation"><br> …<br> <div class="admin-toolbar__scroll-wrapper"><br> <h2 id="admin-toolbar" class="visually-hidden">Administrative toolbar</h2><br> <nav id="menu-builder" class="admin-toolbar__content" aria-labelledby="admin-toolbar"><br> ...<br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block menu--shortcuts"><br> <h2 id="menu-top-menus" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden">Top Menus</h2><br> ...<br> </div><br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block"><br> <h2 id="menu--admin" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden focusable">Administration</h2><br> ...<br> </div><br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block"><br> <h2 id="menu--content" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden focusable">Content</h2><br> ...<br> </div><br> </nav><br> </div><br> </div><br></aside></pre><h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Potential resolution</h3>
<p>Excluding the parent “Administrative toolbar” H2 heading, change all submenu H2 headings to H3 headings:</p>
<pre><aside class="admin-toolbar" id="admin-toolbar" data-once="navigation"><br> …<br> <div class="admin-toolbar__scroll-wrapper"><br> <h2 id="admin-toolbar" class="visually-hidden">Administrative toolbar</h2><br> <nav id="menu-builder" class="admin-toolbar__content" aria-labelledby="admin-toolbar"><br> ...<br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block menu--shortcuts"><br> <h3 id="menu-top-menus" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden">Top Menus</h3><br> ...<br> </div><br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block"><br> <h3 id="menu--admin" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden focusable">Administration</h3><br> ...<br> </div><br><br> <div class="admin-toolbar__item toolbar-block"><br> <h3 id="menu--content" class="toolbar-block__title visually-hidden focusable">Content</h3><br> ...<br> </div><br> </nav><br> </div><br> </div><br></aside></pre>
> Related issue: [Issue #3391723](https://www.drupal.org/node/3391723)
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