Browser extension “SkipTo Landmarks & Headings” version 2.1 is now available

The SkipTo Landmarks & Headings browser extension implements a long-standing accessibility requirement for browsers, “2.5.1 Provide Structural Navigation”<https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/NOTE-UAAG20-Reference-20151215/#sc_251>, that has been missing for many years. It does this by providing keyboard navigation to landmarks and headings on any web page.

SkipTo Landmarks & Headings also gives keyboard-only users a powerful alternative to the simple “Skip To Main” link often used to implement the “Bypass Blocks of Content”<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#bypass-blocks> requirement of WCAG.

The SkipTo menu provides a high-level outline of the landmarks and headings on the page, useful to all users for quickly scanning the content on the page, including users of screen readers, and then navigating to the desired landmark or heading. For web developers and accessibility testers, it also provides a convenient way to view the current landmarks and headings structure on a page.

Based on user feedback, version 2.1 now includes ‘contentinfo’ and ‘complementary’ landmarks by default, and an options setting for choosing whether to include ‘complementary’ landmarks. More information, including documentation of all SkipTo extension keyboard shortcuts, can be found at https://skipto.github.io.

Chrome Extension URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/skipto-landmarks-headings/fjkpbfcodhflpdildjbmdhhmcoplghgf

Firefox Extension URL: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skipto/

Shortcut keys to open the SkipTo menu:

  *   Windows/Linux: Alt+2
  *   macOS: Option+2

Your feedback on the extension is important to us. Please send email comments to Jon Gunderson<mailto:jongund@illinois.edu>.

If you find the extension useful, we encourage you to consider giving it a rating and a review.

The SkipTo extension was developed at the University of Illinois as part of the activities of the DRES Accessible IT Group<https://accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu/>.

NOTE: The SkipTo extension is an open source project and is free for anyone to share or use. The source code can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/skipto/extension.


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., CPWA (he/him/his)
Coordinator of Accessible IT Group
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
1207 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: (217) 244-5870
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