Re: Skip to content link

I agree with Patrick: that sounds like its built as a Single Page Application and thus, when the user activates the skip link, the scripting breaks and the form reverts back to the first step (which is, I imagine, what’s rendered in the URL by default).

This is one of the many, many reasons why scripting should never be used to render different steps in form journeys (as clever as some engineers think it is) and I’m truly surprised that GDS would allow for something like this (even in a test environment or as a prototype).

If it’s not an SPA, why is the H1 not the first element within the Main Content landmark? On the page Alan provided, that is the case. I would argue that the header, the banner indicating it’s a beta service and the back button all count as “blocks” as per 2.4.1, so targetting Main on the skip link is the correct implementation.

From: Tom Shaw <tom-shaw@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 7 March 2024 at 14:43
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Skip to content link

Apologies I should have mentioned I am in a testing environment



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From: Bristow, Alan <Alan.Bristow@elections.ca>
Sent: 07 March 2024 13:59
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Subject: Re: Skip to content link

Strange. When I try to apply for a licence here

https://apply-provisional-driving-licence.service.gov.uk/first_application/before_you_start?locale=en

and start using the Ski to main, on subsequent pages (with NVDA) it reads from the TITLE tag down, skipping nothing.

BTW, checked, this page at least is not a SPA (single page application) and each page is a new URL and an actual page load.

Maybe the page you're on is built differently? Would be good to see the page.

Regards,

Alan

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On 07/03/2024 13:11, Tom Shaw wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I have a very long GOV.UK process with lots of pages. The first page I
> activate the skip to content link and it works as expected, however, for
> the rest of the hjourney users are now automatically taken to the main
> content everytime because the anchor in the URL #main-content' is always
> there. So it often skips the h1, hint text, back link etc....therefore
> I'd say affecting SR and KO users. I understand this is a potentially a
> backend mistake but I still feel this falls under 2.4.3 Focus Order? Is
> this right?

Just from what you're describing (which of course makes diagnosing
things rather difficult), it *sounds* like what you're experiencing in
that journey/process isn't actually a real page load/reload, but that
you're technically within the same page and it's just updating the step
of the journey you're in?

Also, is the content that you're saying is skipped always the same?

P
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