On 28/06/2007, at 7:34 PM, Frank Palinkas wrote:
Thanks David, much appreciate your feedback. That's exactly what I
thought,
but I'm not inclined to assume anything.
As you mention, I'm experimenting with moving the "skip to content"
link off
screen with a margin-left of -9999em, leaving its markup intact
just above
the floated global nav div.
Kind regards,
Frank
This is the preferred method. Using display none may actually hide
content from screen readers.
Usually, I set an absolute position in conjunction with a negative em
margin. This will hide the element from modern, graphical browsers.
If you place the accessibility links at the top of your markup, it
will be one of the first elements that disabled users will view.
Cheers,
Tate
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Hi,
I'd still include the link (as the first link on the page) as I
imagine you're still going to have other browser content before you
get to your page's main content (headers, logos etc.) -- unless you
want users of screenreaders to have to sit through that for every
page.
I'd say anything that adds to the usability of a site for any group is
worth including. Also, it's very easy to hide these links from other
"standard" browsers if you so wish, so it's not really much of an
overhead to include them.
Hope this helps,
David
On 28/06/07, Frank Palinkas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
Just a quick question and please pardon my ignorance..
If the global site navigation on a page is marked up below the
content, and
then floated left (or right) to bring it visually next to the
content in a
two column manner, is it good practice to include a "Skip to
Content" link
as
part of the navigation markup for users with assistive technologies?
More simply put, given that the global nav is structurally
situated below
the
content, will this preclude the use of a skip to content link?
Looking forward to your comments,
Kind regards,
Frank
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