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An important feature for users navigating the web using their keyboard, designing “skip links” is not as straightfoward as one may think.

Best practice

WebAIM: "Skip Navigation" Links

webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/

Alternatives

In addition to “best practice” advice on how to build skip links, there are some refreshing alternative approaches to the issue they aim to solve:

Skipping skip links

vasilis.nl

Such a refreshing take by Vasilis van Gemert: why do we make people "skip" over navigation links placed at the beginning of a page instead of putting them to the end and offer a "jump to navigation" skiplink?
2021

Last edited: Sep 2022