What about people using screen magnification? Wouldn't it be beneficial
to them to have the "skip to..." links available at the upper left-hand
corner of the screen?

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Subject: Re: [WSG] Skip to Content?

On 28/06/2007, at 7:34 PM, Frank Palinkas wrote:

> Thanks David, much appreciate your feedback. That's exactly what I 
> thought, but I'm not inclined to assume anything.
>
> As you mention, I'm experimenting with moving the "skip to content"  
> link off
> screen with a margin-left of -9999em, leaving its markup intact just 
> above the floated global nav div.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Frank

This is the preferred method. Using display none may actually hide
content from screen readers.

Usually, I set an absolute position in conjunction with a negative em
margin. This will hide the element from modern, graphical browsers.  
If you place the accessibility links at the top of your markup, it will
be one of the first elements that disabled users will view.

Cheers,
Tate



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