- From: Paul Bohman <paulb@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 00:58:40 -0400
- To: Juan Ulloa <julloa@bcc.ctc.edu>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
With relation to hiding content from sighted users, Juan Ulloa wrote:
> I usually hide my skip to content link through CSS and send the link off the
> screen.
>
> #skipnav{
> position: absolute;
> left: -1000px;
> width: 990px;
> font-size: 1px;
> line-height: 1;
> }
>
> Here is an example page of where I used this:
> http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/catalog/
>
> Hopefully this works on a screen reader. Let me know if it doesn't.
My response:
positioning the content to the left causes some irregularities in some
browsers. I discuss a more robust technique at:
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/articles/hiddentext
It's a variation on the same concepts, but more broadly applicable
across browsers and platforms.
--
Paul Bohman
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