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<header>
<a href="#main-content" class="skip-link">Skip to Content</a>
<div class="header-content">
<p class="site-title">Example Site</p>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="#welcome">Test Smooth Scroll</a></li>
<li><a href="https://equalizedigital.com/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://equalizedigital.com/about/">About</a></li>
<li><a href="https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker">Accessibility Checker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://equalizedigital.com/contact/">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</header>
<main id="main-content" class="main">
<h1 id="welcome">Welcome to Our Website</h1>
<p>This is the main content of the page. We put it really far down just to see how smooth scroll works.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/">Equalize Digital website</a> just to have another focusable element on the page within the main tag.</p>
</main>
/* Hide the skip link visually */
.skip-link {
position: absolute;
left: -9999px;
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
pointer-events: none; /* Disable mouse events */
}
/* Show the skip link when it receives keyboard focus */
.skip-link:focus {
position: static; /* Return to the normal flow */
opacity: 1;
background: #fff;
padding: 10px;
left: auto;
pointer-events: auto; /* Enable mouse events */
}
/* Header styling */
.header-content {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: center;
background-color: #333;
padding: 40px 20px;
}
header .site-title {
font-size: 2em;
color: #eee;
font-weight: 700;
float: left;
}
/* Navigation styling */
nav ul {
list-style: none; /* Remove bullets */
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
nav ul li {
display: inline-block;
margin-right: 20px;
}
nav ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
}
nav ul li a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
/* Main Content styling */
.main {
background: #f3f4fd;
padding: 300px 20px;
text-align: center;
}
/* CSS for smooth scrolling */
html {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
/* Media Query for screens narrower than 500px */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.header-content {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column; /* Stack elements vertically on small screens */
justify-content: left;
align-items: center;
}
.site-title {
font-size: 1.2em;
width: 80%;
}
nav {
width: 80%;
}
nav ul li {
display: block;
margin: 10px 0;
}
}
// Function to handle smooth scrolling and focus shifting
function smoothScrollToTarget(targetId) {
const targetElement = document.getElementById(targetId);
if (targetElement) {
targetElement.scrollIntoView({
behavior: "smooth",
block: "start" // Scroll to the top of the element
});
targetElement.setAttribute("tabindex", "-1"); // Make the target element focusable
targetElement.focus(); // Shift keyboard focus to the target element
targetElement.removeAttribute("tabindex"); // Remove tabindex after focus
}
}
// Event listener for smooth scrolling when clicking links
document.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
if (
event.target.tagName === "A" &&
event.target.getAttribute("href").startsWith("#")
) {
event.preventDefault(); // Prevent the default link behavior
const targetId = event.target.getAttribute("href").substring(1); // Remove the '#' character
smoothScrollToTarget(targetId);
}
});
Also see: Tab Triggers