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Re: Skip to content not in landmark

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 3, 2017 12:45PM

Keep it simple.
Leave it as is.
There is no WCAG requirement that every piece of content should be in
a landmark region, though it is recommended in the ARIA spec.
I think the skip link shouldn´t be, to be honest. It is not really
part of the page, it is an additional accessibility mechanism that
lives outside the page content.

Discoverability is not a problem, it could be if random content
further down the page was not in a landmark region.
So I would override the checker you are using for this particular situation.
Make sure, if you do that, to document that decision and the
rationale, so that the checker can be used consistently throughout the
organization.
-B


On 2/3/17, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm plowing through our site trying to clean up things that the
> accessibility checker we are using is flaggin.
> We use html landmark elements on our pages. However, my "skip to content"
> link which appears even above my <header> element is not in a landmark
> element. I'm interested in options for fixing this. It doesn't seem right
> putting it in the <header> element because it isn't really part of the
> header.
>
> Is a <nav> element appropriate for a single link? Or would using
> role="navigation" be more appropriate? Wondering what others do.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet/Intranet Specialist
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
>
> > > > >


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