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Alternate reading orders Some developers place the main content first in the reading order and the navigation last - generally using CSS to maintain the navigation first in the page visually. Screen reader users especially may get impatient if they don't hear the "skip navigation" link very early in the page. The skip link did not work on over half the federal department web sites! Skip nav links are useful for users who use keyboard navigation only, but screen readers now support more sophisticated ways of navigating regions. Remember, the purpose of "skip navigation" links is to reduce the clutter of lists of links.

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They will continue to be useful until a more standardized method of designating the difference between navigation and main content evolves and is fully supported. What about keyboard users without screen readers There is one browser that offers headings navigation for keyboard users who are not using a screen xnavigahion.

Here's what it is all about.

The detailed and xnavgation tutorial on web accessibility: As indicated above, federal sites are required by Section to provide a method for skipping repetitive navigation links. Unfortunately, no browsers yet fully support keyboard navigation via these elements.

That is done on this page and also on the Veterans Affairs web site:. Consider users with no arm movement, who use computers by tapping their heads on a switch or that use a stick in their mouth to press keyboard keys.

Here are some fairly common examples: The main content is not usually the first thing on a web page. Links taking users to the navigation are unexpected, and can lead to some confusion. Activating the link moves visual focus to the story. The target is identified by its id attribute value matching the href value minus the " xnavvigation of the "skip" link.

Pressing tab again takes the user to the first link in the main story. This is particularly difficult for users with some forms of motor disabilities.

Skip Navigation

The first link xnaviation the user reaches when tabbing through the page is titled "Skip to Lead Story". The idea is a little weak for keyboard users who are not using a ksype reader because they must monitor the status area of the browser for a link that "looks like" a skip link.

Note in the last example, the skip navigation link is always visible, while the others have it only visible when the user starts tabbing through the document. Check that the description of the link communicates that it links to the main content.

Sample code for doing this follows thanks Mike Scott ; it is set up to have a couple of skip links - two is fine, but more xnavigatioj that becomes a burden. This means that the link should be hidden visually by default, but that it should become visible when skypd receives keyboard focus.

Name Mail Website Comment: Finally the last column has the number of headings if headings present. The page illustrates how headings can be used to make navigation to the sections of the page useful and productive. The "skip navigation" idea was invented to give screen reader and keyboard users the same capability of going directly to the main content that xnnavigation mouse users take for granted.

Favelets for Checking Accessibility The new key book: Most screen readers allow users to listen to a list of headings or to listen to each heading in sequence, skipping past the paragraphs, images, links, and other extraneous information. This method makes "skip navigation" links unnecessary, but it raises another question.

Implementing an Accessible Skip Navigation Link Requires More Thought Than You’d Think

Again over half the department have no headings on their home page. Otherwise, users may not realize there is a "skip navigation" link there at all, and may waste time trying to muddle through the extraneous links.

A user activates the link to skip over the navigation tools.

It's easy to argue that the links may be confusing for users that do not need them. Skyp are a few organizations that have websites that do:. Well, here you hit the tab key 33 times. Holding my breath, I decided to check the landing pages of the fifteen federal departments.

The truth is that "skip navigation" links are a rather clumsy and obtrusive solution to a real world problem. Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.