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Error · landmark-complementary-is-top-level

Sidebar nested inside another area

Lighthouse / axe call it: Aside should not be contained in another landmark

A sidebar is inside the main content, so it is announced in the wrong place.

Who it leaves out: blind people (screen readers)

How to fix it

Move it outside. Developer task.

In the code

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