RE: Version 4.1 of SkipTo.js is available to implement Bypass Blocks requirement of WCAG

Thanks John for your endorsement.

The labels can be customized, so as we consider your proposal, you can configure it yourself using the ‘landmarkGroupLabel’ property:
https://github.com/paypal/skipto/blob/main/README.md#user-content-menu-group-and-menuitem-labeling


Jon


From: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 11:22 AM
To: Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu>
Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Version 4.1 of SkipTo.js is available to implement Bypass Blocks requirement of WCAG

Hi Jon,

This is AWESOME! Very cool, and well done.

If I might offer some personal feedback... while we accessibility and HTML geeks know what Landmarks are, might I suggest that in the tool itself that you label the top-level section as "Sections" or "Regions", in an effort to support a Plain Language goal? Not a complaint, just an observation, that perhaps many of the impacted target audience may not know specifically what a "Landmark" is in context.

Congrats again on a very cool .js library!

JF

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:28 AM Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu<mailto:jongund@illinois.edu>> wrote:
SkipTo.js Version 4.1 is designed to replace the traditional “Skip To Main” link on web pages with a menu of Landmark Regions and high level headings (h1-6) on a web page to provide keyboard navigation to the page content.   SkipTo.js has been recently updated to use the latest ARIA best practices and is open source and free to use on your websites.

More information on installation and configuration at:
https://github.com/paypal/skipto/blob/main/README.md<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/paypal/skipto/blob/main/README.md__;!!DZ3fjg!p_0bQ8toZiFKQ-NAU4xkUAoONZMlsONzAShOBVD6nforVl6GBlqqi9VkBMxTUW8g8Q$>

Examples
Visible Menu Button (default)

  *   DRES Accessible IT Group<https://accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu/>
  *   College of Applied Health Sciences<https://ahs.illinois.edu/>
  *   Illinois Webcon<https://webcon.illinois.edu/>

Popup Menu Button Option

  *   Nightingale Design Research<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nightingaledesignresearch.com/__;!!DZ3fjg!p_0bQ8toZiFKQ-NAU4xkUAoONZMlsONzAShOBVD6nforVl6GBlqqi9VkBMy2tNhsLA$>
  *   Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE)<https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/>
  *   Study Abroad Program for College of Education<https://studyabroad.education.illinois.edu/>


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., CPWA (he/him/his)
Coordinator of Accessible IT Group
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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Champaign, IL 61820

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