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An official website of the United States government

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An official website of the United States government

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Skip Nav

Skip navigation links allow users with screen readers to bypass long navigation lists.

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Examples

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Code

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

React

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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.

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Component maturity

For more information about how we tested and validated our work for each checklist item, read our component maturity documentation.

Accessibility

  • Color

    Meets AA color contrast standards for accessibility and color blindness.
    Complete

  • Forced Colors Mode (FCM)

    While using FCM the components text is legible and improves readability.
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  • WCAG 2.1 Level AA Conformance

    All Axe checks for WCAG AA compliance have passed.
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  • Screen readers

    VoiceOver, NVDA, and JAWS screen readers provide concise communication and interaction.
    Complete

  • Keyboard navigation

    Component is fully navigable with a keyboard.
    Complete

Code

  • Storybook

    Component has stories to cover all defined props.
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  • Responsive

    Component designed to work in all responsive breakpoints.
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  • Spanish translations

    Includes Spanish translations for default text content.
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Tokens

  • Code

    Tokens implemented in code.
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  • Design

    Tokens implemented in the Sketch.
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