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Re: Skip nav links on mobile

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From: Sean Murphy
Date: Nov 1, 2019 2:58AM

What about search fields or simular first feild for forms?

My experience is the part

> On 1 Nov 2019, at 3:55 am, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> On 31/10/2019 15:44, Mallory wrote:
>> Do we still need the caveat of "the skip link must be visible on mobile" as well?
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> Sighted mobile+keyboard users (they do exist) will still need to be able to see the link (at least when it receives focus) ... it's not just about non-sighted AT users, even on mobile.
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>> I'm thinking about this https://axesslab.com/skip-links/ where the issue basically seems to only be caused by the usual technique we use of hiding skip links until someone Tabs to them-- however there's no rule that skip links have to be hidden.
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> The main problem on some mobile platforms are the "clever" heuristics that browsers+AT still use there...
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> Of course, if you CAN get away with having an always-visible skip link, more power to you. Additionally, some browser/AT combos on mobile are working towards fixing their heuristics/bugs, so there's hope even there that at some not to distant point, the skip links will work there just as they do on desktop...
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>> ancient blinks
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> Thought you were talking about older blind users there for a second ;)
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