Skip link issue in Chrome

  • Resolved kkim

    (@kkim)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    When I activate a skip link in Chrome, the focus shifts visually down to my content but the actual keyboard focus does not. Tabbing again moves the page back up to the skip link instead of the next element in the content area.
    The skip links work fine in Firefox, and I’m using the latest version of Chrome (36.0.1985.143). Is anyone else having this problem?

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  • Plugin Author Joe Dolson

    (@joedolson)

    This is a known bug in WebKit, the basis for Chrome. WP Accessibility comes with JS that attempts to compensate for this, but depending on the existing JS on your website, it may not work, as other scripts can collide with it.

    If you can edit your theme, the easiest way to ensure a working and interoperable skiplink is to assign tabindex=-1 to the container you’re targeting with the skiplink.

    In a future release of WP Accessibility, this will be assigned automatically.

    Thread Starter kkim

    (@kkim)

    Thanks for the speedy response!

    Hi Joe, I apologize if this is not the best way to ask a new question, but my skip link is not working either – albeit in a different way. When using JAWS upon pressing enter on the skip-to link, the window scrolls down to the main content, but JAWS does not proceed to read the text in the targeted DIV.

    What could be the cause of this? I’ve been working around this for days now and have not been able to find the answer. The website I’m working on is: https://www.DiscoverTechnologies.com.

    Thanks for your help!

    Plugin Author Joe Dolson

    (@joedolson)

    If you update to the latest version of WP Accessibility, that should fix your issue; but let me know.

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