<h1 class="hide-accessible">Navigation</h1> is shown on all DXP pages

Issue

• Liferay DXP HTML source will contain the below snippet on all portal pages:
  
  

  <nav class="quick-access-nav" id="vseg_quickAccessNav">
      <h1 class="hide-accessible">Navigation</h1>
      <ul>
          <li>
              <a href="#main-content">Skip to Content</a>
          </li>
      </ul>
  </nav>

  This might be at times detrimental to SEO.

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.0
• Liferay DXP 7.1
• Liferay DXP 7.2
• Liferay DXP 7.3

Resolution

• The current behavior might only be changed in Liferay future versions, in form of a new feature: LPS-97102
• In case you still wish to modify the current DXP behavior, you shall override the file https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/master/portal-web/docroot/html/taglib/ui/quick_access/page.jsp:
  
  

  <h1 class="hide-accessible"><liferay-ui:message key="navigation" /></h1>

  
  with one of the below methods:
  
  
  • 7.0: Core JSP Override or JSP Overrides Using Custom JSP Bag
  • 7.1: JSP Overrides Using Custom JSP Bag
  • 7.2: JSP Overrides Using Custom JSP Bag

The attached module (src and .jar) was created by following the above tutorial (7.1) and, once deployed, will modify the <h1> tag to be a <span>.

Additional Information

• Official Liferay Feature request: LPS-97102
• Modifying the aforementioned tag may hinder the Liferay's accessibility. You may read more information about the feature here: New feature for Liferay 7: Quick Access
• Overriding core JSPs is deprecated and shall be used only as a last resource. To get more information, see the foreword written in each tutorial
• The attached proof of concept plugin is not an official Liferay solution, it is unsupported and only provided for convenience, to explain the process with a tangible project and be a hint to start your development