Examples

Code

Make sure you include an id at the beginning of your main content and that it matches the skipnav link.

React

See Storybook for React guidance of this component.

Web Component

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Guidance

When to use

• Skip navigation links should come before a long list of navigation links. Most commonly, this occurs before a site's main navigation.

Usage

• Skip navigation can be visually hidden at first or displayed visually at all times, depending on user needs and design requirements.
• Skip navigation should appear visually on focus.
• The link should skip the user to the main content of the page.
• More than one skip link can be on a page, but be mindful of creating too many.
• Adding a tabindex="-1" on the container being skipped to allows older browsers to programmatically move focus properly.

Learn More

• Skip Navigation Links on WebAIM

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