From 07e4a2dafe248280b5610f8c7d09b0f30b530f54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:41:25 -0400 Subject: Initial modifications to rebuilt only changed files based on mod date, performance updates --- build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html (limited to 'build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html') diff --git a/build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html b/build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9252e85 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/posts/skip-to-content/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ + + + + + + + + Skip to Content Button + + + + + + + +
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Skip to Content Button

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2019-03-25

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One of the golden rules for testing your website’s accessibility is the “keyboard-only” audit. This is where you test navigating through your entire site without the use of a mouse, but instead rely solely on tabbing through your content.

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Unfortunately, one item is normally overlooked during this audit - a “skip to content” context button. Including a “skip to content” navigation item in your project is extremely useful because:

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The HTML

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For the sake of this demo we will assume that we currently have the following navigation setup in our project:

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<nav role="navigation">
+    <a href="/">Home</a>
+    <a href="/about">About</a>
+    <a href="/archive">Archive</a>
+    <a href="/atom.xml">RSS</a>
+</nav>
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Now for the easy part - adding our simple content skip link with it’s own custom skip-content class:

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<nav role="navigation">
+    <!-- Skip to content button -->
+    <a class="skip-content" href="#main">Skip to Content (Press Enter)</a>
+    <a href="/">Home</a>
+    <a href="/about">About</a>
+    <a href="/archive">Archive</a>
+    <a href="/atom.xml">RSS</a>
+</nav>
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The CSS

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Our first task is to make sure this new link isn’t visible or interactive by default unless the user explicitly tabs through the navigation. We do so by positioning the link outside of the main content view. It is important to use this absolute position style instead of setting the display property to none, since the display property technique will fully remove the element from the DOM (bad accessibility practices).

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a.skip-content {
+    background: grey;
+    color: white;
+    left: -9999px;
+    padding: 0.5rem;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+}
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Almost there

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Now we just re-position the element when the user focuses on the link with a keyboard tab:

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a.skip-content:focus {
+    left: 1rem; /* Whatever desired position */
+}
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All Done

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This is a very basic accessibility win you can implement in your current projects with next to zero effort. Enjoy!

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