SC-2.4.5 · p02: Site section with only linear navigation (variant page)

Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2Level AAAutomatable: no

Summary: No sitemap, search, or alternate route exists to reach inner pages.

Why it fails: Users cannot discover pages except by following sequential links because multiple navigation mechanisms are not provided.

Multi-page: Failure may only be observable together with: SC-2.4.5.

Failure technique

Synthetic specimen — no W3C failure technique.

Understanding

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/multiple-ways

Quickref

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#multiple-ways

Intentional failure — audit this region

SC-2.4.5 · p02

Sibling page adds Contact but still lacks search and sitemap.

<nav aria-label="Site">
  <a href="index.html">Home</a> |
  <a href="about.html">About</a> |
  <a href="contact.html">Contact</a>
</nav>
<p>Sibling page adds Contact but still lacks search and sitemap.</p>

Expected audit result

2.4.5: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 2.4.5.

Manual check: Crawl both pages and confirm no search, sitemap, or second path reaches the target page.