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Add role="heading" with aria-level="2" to the report category gauges so
screen readers can easily identify and navigate the report using headings.

Level 2 was chosen because Accessibility Insights recommends against
multiple level 1 headings in the same section of a document
.

Screenshot of gauges in the devtools accessibility tree
h2-accessibility-tree

Screenshot of NVDA Element List
h2-nvda-element-list

This meets the following WCAG 2.1 success criteria
1.3.1 Info and Relationships https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/#info-and-relationships
2.4.10 Section Headings https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/#section-headings

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#7575

Add role="heading" with aria-level="2" to the report category gauges so
screen readers can easily identify and navigate the report using headings.

Level 2 was chosen because [Accessibility Insights recommends against
multiple level 1 headings in the same section of a document][1].

This meets the following WCAG 2.1 success criteria
1.3.1 Info and Relationships https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/#info-and-relationships
2.4.10 Section Headings https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/#section-headings

[1]: https://github.com/microsoft/accessibility-insights-web/blob/900c301e/src/content/adhoc/headings/guidance.tsx#L45-L54
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LGTM!

@johnemau johnemau changed the title report(accessibility): Add heading role to report category gauges report(accessibility): add heading role to report category gauges Jul 20, 2019
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LGTM

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