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Date: Thu, Sep 03 2020 1:33AM
Subject: Skip links recommendations
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Hi all,
For our company we've put skip links into place, but a question occurred
yesterday and I thought this list surely had an opinion about it.
For our main brand we've set up two skip links:
* one to skip to main content, as the top navigation is huge and
requires a lot of tabbing around,
* one to skip to the "site map", a somewhat clearer navigation at the
bottom of the page.
But for another brand, the bottom navigation is very sparse, it's only
got the requisite legal links (privacy, company info, etc.). So I ended
up advising for only one link to skip over main navigation and go to
main content.
My rationale is that we don't want to overwhelm people with possibly
useless skip links, so the less there are, the better.
Is having only one skip link OK, do you think? Or would you expect several?
Thanks all,
Stéphane
From: John Hicks
Date: Thu, Sep 03 2020 1:43AM
Subject: Re: Skip links recommendations
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Hello
I think your reasoning is sound ... and yet
Depends if "Main Content" can be considered a repeated élément across the
site.
Success Criterion 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#bypass-blocks> A mechanism
<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-mechanism> is available to bypass blocks
of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages
<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-web-page-s>.
Also, short cuts to the search function and footer are specifically
mentioned as one option for ... not sure wcag, RGAA 12.5
I'd say having the footer in the list would make sense if you had other
things (skip to nav, search box) ... but if content and footer only, and if
there is nothing in the footer ... (no site map, etc) , then arguably you
don't need it
Le jeu. 3 sept. 2020 Ã 09:33, Stéphane Deschamps < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > a
écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> For our company we've put skip links into place, but a question occurred
> yesterday and I thought this list surely had an opinion about it.
>
> For our main brand we've set up two skip links:
>
> * one to skip to main content, as the top navigation is huge and
> requires a lot of tabbing around,
> * one to skip to the "site map", a somewhat clearer navigation at the
> bottom of the page.
>
> But for another brand, the bottom navigation is very sparse, it's only
> got the requisite legal links (privacy, company info, etc.). So I ended
> up advising for only one link to skip over main navigation and go to
> main content.
>
> My rationale is that we don't want to overwhelm people with possibly
> useless skip links, so the less there are, the better.
>
> Is having only one skip link OK, do you think? Or would you expect several?
>
> Thanks all,
> Stéphane
> > > > >
From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Thu, Sep 03 2020 1:46AM
Subject: Re: Skip links recommendations
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On 03/09/2020 08:43, John Hicks wrote:
> Hello
> I think your reasoning is sound ... and yet
>
> Depends if "Main Content" can be considered a repeated élément across the
> site.
I doubt there are pages that lack any main content on a site though ;)
> Success Criterion 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#bypass-blocks> A mechanism
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-mechanism> is available to bypass blocks
> of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages
To be picky, what is being skipped (and what is the thing that is a
repeated element/block) here is the header/top navigation. You're
skipping that to get *to* the main content. So your initial question,
more aptly, would probably be "depends if the header/navigation is
repeated across the site".
P
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From: John Hicks
Date: Thu, Sep 03 2020 2:45AM
Subject: Re: Skip links recommendations
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Yes, I believe the OP was about skipping that navigation , but nothing else
Sorry, error in my reply, for RGAA it's 12.6 (not that that means much to
most on this list)
John
Le jeu. 3 sept. 2020 Ã 09:47, Patrick H. Lauke < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > a
écrit :
> On 03/09/2020 08:43, John Hicks wrote:
> > Hello
> > I think your reasoning is sound ... and yet
> >
> > Depends if "Main Content" can be considered a repeated élément across the
> > site.
>
> I doubt there are pages that lack any main content on a site though ;)
>
> > Success Criterion 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
> > <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#bypass-blocks> A mechanism
> > <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-mechanism> is available to bypass
> blocks
> > of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages
>
> To be picky, what is being skipped (and what is the thing that is a
> repeated element/block) here is the header/top navigation. You're
> skipping that to get *to* the main content. So your initial question,
> more aptly, would probably be "depends if the header/navigation is
> repeated across the site".
>
> P
> --
> Patrick H. Lauke
>
> https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke
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From: glen walker
Date: Thu, Sep 03 2020 8:36AM
Subject: Re: Skip links recommendations
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Sounds ok to me. As a keyboard user myself, if I want to get to the footer
info, I tab backwards from the address bar. I rarely need a skip link to
get to the footer.