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Re: Skip to Main Content takes a user to a "blank line" above the h1 it's supposed to

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From: Peter Quale
Date: Nov 23, 2017 12:57PM

Depends what OS you're using too. Mac users, in particular, might not
actually focus but the keyboard users will see the page scroll. For
keyboard, if the next tab stop lands on the appropriate link or button in
the page, then it's fine. With NVDA, I'd hope to find the <h1> right away
or maybe after a single press on h or the down-arrow.



On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> That doesn't sound like a problem to me - they will hear the heading when
> they navigate downwards. The only way to be absolutely sure is to do some
> user testing, but personally I would focus my resources on more important
> issues.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Sarah Jevnikar
> Sent: 23 November 2017 19:18
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Skip to Main Content takes a user to a "blank line"
> above the h1 it's supposed to
>
> Trouble is that if reading stops, it's not clear where you've landed. If
> STMC's activated and all a user hears is "blank", it doesn't provide much
> clarity.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
> Sent: November 23, 2017 12:09 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Skip to Main Content takes a user to a "blank line"
> above the h1 it's supposed to
>
> On 23/11/2017 16:47, Sarah Jevnikar wrote:
> > It appears the target is a region rather than the heading itself or the
> article containing it.
>
> that sounds like expected behavior. You activate the skip, you jumped to
> the start of the main content, then continue using readings keys or TAB to
> move forward from there.
>
> P
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