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Chris Charlton Zone Administrator Since: 04 Apr 2001 Posts: 1,077	Posted 17 Feb 2005 00:46:23 I have not gotten into testing with text-only browsers, nor screenreader application/plugins <i>yet</i>. I do know that skipping to content (skip navigation) is a common request in Accesibility communities, so here's my question/idea: <b>Hidden <a href="#content" title="Skip to content"/> tag under the <body> tag</b>: I've seen visible text links that are "Skip to content" or "Skip navigation" that jump to an anchor/id. Using an <a> tag that has no inside text (or css: hidden property), you think this is a smart way to not make the design seem obscure with "Skip ..." text having to show, since that's more for people who can't see, or who use a screenreader. Note: I know using the <i>title</i> attribute to say "Skip to content" will make the hidden <a> tag make sense since there is no inner text. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chris Charlton <i>- DMXzone Manager</i> <font size=1>[ Studio MX/MX2004 \| PHP/ASP \| SQL \| XHTML/CSS \| XML \| Actionscript \| Web Accessibility \| MX Extensibility ]</font id=size1> I have not gotten into testing with text-only browsers, nor screenreader application/plugins <i>yet</i>. I do know that skipping to content (skip navigation) is a common request in Accesibility communities, so here's my question/idea: <b>Hidden <a href="#content" title="Skip to content"/> tag under the <body> tag</b>: I've seen visible text links that are "Skip to content" or "Skip navigation" that jump to an anchor/id. Using an <a> tag that has no inside text (or css: hidden property), you think this is a smart way to not make the design seem obscure with "Skip ..." text having to show, since that's more for people who can't see, or who use a screenreader. Note: I know using the <i>title</i> attribute to say "Skip to content" will make the hidden <a> tag make sense since there is no inner text. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Chris Charlton <i>- DMXzone Manager</i> <font size=1>[ Studio MX/MX2004 \| PHP/ASP \| SQL \| XHTML/CSS \| XML \| Actionscript \| Web Accessibility \| MX Extensibility ]</font id=size1>

Skip to content/Skip navigation ideas

Chris Charlton
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Since: 04 Apr 2001
Posts: 1,077

Posted 17 Feb 2005 00:46:23

I have not gotten into testing with text-only browsers, nor screenreader application/plugins yet. I do know that skipping to content (skip navigation) is a common request in Accesibility communities, so here's my question/idea:

Hidden <a href="#content" title="Skip to content"/> tag under the <body> tag: I've seen visible text links that are "Skip to content" or "Skip navigation" that jump to an anchor/id. Using an <a> tag that has no inside text (or css: hidden property), you think this is a smart way to not make the design seem obscure with "Skip ..." text having to show, since that's more for people who can't see, or who use a screenreader. Note: I know using the title attribute to say "Skip to content" will make the hidden <a> tag make sense since there is no inner text.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Chris Charlton - DMXzone Manager
[ Studio MX/MX2004 | PHP/ASP | SQL | XHTML/CSS | XML | Actionscript | Web Accessibility | MX Extensibility ]

I have not gotten into testing with text-only browsers, nor screenreader application/plugins yet. I do know that skipping to content (skip navigation) is a common request in Accesibility communities, so here's my question/idea:

Hidden <a href="#content" title="Skip to content"/> tag under the <body> tag: I've seen visible text links that are "Skip to content" or "Skip navigation" that jump to an anchor/id. Using an <a> tag that has no inside text (or css: hidden property), you think this is a smart way to not make the design seem obscure with "Skip ..." text having to show, since that's more for people who can't see, or who use a screenreader. Note: I know using the title attribute to say "Skip to content" will make the hidden <a> tag make sense since there is no inner text.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Chris Charlton - DMXzone Manager
[ Studio MX/MX2004 | PHP/ASP | SQL | XHTML/CSS | XML | Actionscript | Web Accessibility | MX Extensibility ]

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