RE: Skip to content link

Firefox generally does a good job with search and focus. But one doesn't always know (or want to type in) the location they want to jump to. Sometimes Firefox will "find" hidden text somehow, sometimes you'll mistype the heading you're trying to get to, etc.

A "skip to content" link is usually a much nicer choice for us. When it works....

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> 
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 00:31
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Skip to content link



On 08/03/2024 04:52, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> question?
> why cannot  some keyboard users choose the search options?
> Given screen reader users vary from person to person, does not the 
> same apply  to the keyboard?

Because generally, search doesn't actually move the focus starting point to the found instance of the search term.

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