There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels

Geoff Graham 2026年06月12日 23:08 3 次阅读来源：CSS-Tricks

One of those nuances to keep in your back pocket when writing for screen readers. There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks . You should really get the newsletter as well.

Mark Underhill : And now to the reason I wrote this post: including the word “navigation” in your

labels. There’s no need. If we did, we’d hear something like “Navigation, Primary navigation”. Not the end of the world, but unnecessarily repetitive for screen reader users. One of those nuances to keep in your back pocket when writing for screen readers. Reminds me, too, that there’s no need to say something like “image” when describing one in the alt text. That’s sorta implied. While I’m no screen reading native, I imagine these sorts of things are minor pet peeves that, given a little love and consideration, make navigating that much more enjoyable. While we’re on the UX of accessible text, another consideration: keep it succinct . It doesn’t have to be a novel. There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks . You should really get the newsletter as well.

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