Hi Paul,
I've actually seen this before, and this approach is pretty much ideal, the
only tweak you have to make is as well as having a:active you also need
a:focus and this will fix your issue.
ul.skipNav li a:focus, ul.skipNav li a:active { /* your active styles*/}
Hope this helps
Cheers
Jamie.
On 15/11/2007, Steve Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to tab through the links in
> Firefox. Links are not on the tab sequence in Safari by default, but you
> can
> turn that on in the Preferences. I have no idea if users actually do in
> practice.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Paul Collins
> Sent: 15 November 2007 14:45
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] Skip nav links, tab through
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've added a hidden "skip navigation" link to my site, that I want to show
> up when you tab through each page. I'm using the method described on the
> webaim site:
> http://www.webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/#focus
>
> Problem is, I realised that you can't actually tab through the links on a
> page using Firefox or Safari. I am guessing this has to do with Tabbed
> Browsing shortcuts?!
>
> Does anyone know a better way of doing this, so when someone tabs through
> your site they get the Skip Navigation link displayed?
>
> Cheers
>
>
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