Registry · Understandable

3.2.3 — Consistent Navigation

Level AA Understandable

Operational summary

IF navigation mechanisms recur across the page set, preserve their relative ordering unless the user initiates a change. Additional context-specific items do not automatically violate relative consistency.

This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.

Primary sources

• Normative text — W3C WCAG 2.2 Recommendation
• Understanding 3.2.3 — explanatory guidance

Registry record

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  "criterion_id": "3.2.3",
  "level": "AA",
  "name": "Consistent Navigation",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-3-2-3",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#consistent-navigation",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/consistent-navigation.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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