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The main structural parts of a page keep the same relative order across the variations of pages in scope.
Why It Matters
A predictable structure is what lets people move quickly to the part they want. Reordering it between pages forces everyone to re-orient, and forces assistive technology users to re-explore.
For each variation of pages/views in the conformance scope:
Identify common structural components across multiple pages/views.
Check that components are presented in the same order within each page/view.
Expected results
#2 is true.
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W3C Maturity Status:developing
Track / Group:consistency-across-views
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The relative order of structural components remains consistent throughout each variation of pages/views in the conformance scope.
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- In a set of pages/views.
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Relative order means that content can be added or removed, but repeated items are in the same order relative to each other.
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