Understanding Accessibility
by Vivienne Trulock
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Guideline 13. Provide clear navigation mechanisms.
There are 10 specific checkpoints in Guideline 13.
Checkpoint 13.6 - Group related links, identify the group (for user agents), and, until user agents do so, provide a way to bypass the group
A method of bypassing grouped links should be provided.
How do I do it?
Skiplinks are created by linking to anchor <A> tags throughout the page or by specifying a tabindex of 1.
<a class="skiplink"
href="#startcontent"
accesskey="2"
tabindex="1" title="click
the link to skip over the standard navigation links and go straight to
the main page content">skip
over navigation</a>
A class style called skiplink can also be created which renders the link invisible to visual users. Simply display at 0 pixels width and height as below.
.skiplink{
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
height: 0px;
width: 0px;
}
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
height: 0px;
width: 0px;
}
How do I check that it meets the WCAG criteria?
Pages with navigation bars will be checked for the presence of a skiplink or tabindex using Dreamweaver's Edit Find command with 'tabindex' search strings. Pages which have no skiplinks will fail the check.
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