2013-11-08
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Paulo Garrudo
8.0+
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[Overview]
Provides a link at the top of the page which jumps the user down to an anchor or target at the beginning of the main content.
[Detail]
"Navigation Skip" is a link located at the top of the page in regular text, and the corresponding anchor (link destination) at the beginning of the main content.
The horizontal location of the link doesn't matter much. The link can be on the left side, the middle, the right, or in some location in between. The key is to make sure the link is one of the first items that screen readers hear and that keyboard users tab to. Otherwise, users may not realize there is a "navigation skip" link there at all, and may waste time trying to muddle through the extraneous links. Screen reader users especially may get impatient if they don't hear the "navigation skip" link very early in the page.