Sampson has used HTML5 to create a Web page that contains image-based navigation buttons. He would like to add text-based navigation to help ensure accessibility. Which of the following HTML5…

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Options

• A<aside>
• B<footer>
• C<header>
• D<article>

• A
  8% (3)
• B
  87% (34)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

<footer> is the correct choice because HTML5 footer elements are commonly used to provide supplementary text-based navigation links - a standard accessibility pattern when primary navigation relies on images or icons. The <footer> element is semantically designed to hold secondary page content such as alternative nav links, contact info, and site maps, making it ideal for this purpose.

<aside> (A) holds tangentially related content like sidebars, not navigation. <header> (C) typically contains introductory or primary navigation content - it already houses the image-based buttons, so adding redundant text nav there would conflate two navigation systems rather than supplement them. <article> (D) represents independent, self-contained content such as a blog post or news item - entirely unrelated to navigation.

Memory tip: Think of the <footer> as the "safety net" at the bottom of the page - it catches users who couldn't use the primary (image-based) navigation by offering a plain-text fallback, which is a classic accessibility best practice.

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