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Card heading level should be a prop (TagDetail renders section h2 followed by ProjectCard h2s)

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3/5
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1-2 days
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68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
typescript

Research direction

Locate the named ProjectCard, PersonCard, HelpWantedCard, TagDetail, PeopleIndex, and HelpWantedIndex entry points, then read plans/a11y-mechanical.md and issue #156 for the heading context. Verify the existing heading levels and call sites first; done means the cards accept the proposed defaults, TagDetail produces section-to-item headings, and the index behavior is checked without breaking existing uses.

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Description

enhancement

Context

The shared cards render a fixed heading level: ProjectCard renders h2, PersonCard and HelpWantedCard render h3. PR #157 worked around this on the index screens by adding sr-only <h2>Results</h2> headings above the h3 cards rather than changing the cards, because each card is also used in a second context where its fixed level is correct.

Problem

The fixed level is still wrong somewhere. TagDetail renders a section <h2> ("Projects", "Help wanted", "Members") and then a list of ProjectCards, each of which contributes another h2 — so the section heading and every card title sit at the same level, and the document outline reads as a flat run of h2s instead of section → items. Any future screen that composes cards under a section heading hits the same problem.

Proposal

Give the three cards a headingLevel prop (2 | 3 | 4, defaulting to today's level so nothing changes at existing call sites), rendered via a small Heading helper or createElement(h${level}). Then TagDetail passes headingLevel={3} to ProjectCard, and the sr-only "Results" headings on PeopleIndex / HelpWantedIndex can be revisited (the cards could render h2 directly there).

Related: issue #156 (CardTitle semantics) covers the design-decision side of card headings.

Deferred from plans/a11y-mechanical.md (PR #157).

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