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Skip to Content Link

  1. Analyze the accessibility of your webpage by entering the URL for your webpage in the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool .
  2. On the left side of your screen, select No Styles.
    Arrow pointing to No Styles at top of WAVE evaluation results
  3. Look at the top of the webpage for a hyperlink that says “Skip to Content” or "Skip to main content."
    skip to main content
  4. If the hyperlink is there, open your webpage in another tab. Is the Skip to Content link visible?
  5. If not, using the Tab key, see if the Skip to Content link becomes visible as you Tab through the top of the page.  If so, select it by pressing Enter and make sure that it works as intended and moves the visual focus to the main content area of the page.

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Alternative Text (Alt text)

  1. Using the WAVE Web Accessibility Tool, enter the URL for your webpage.
  2. When the results of the evaluation are displayed, on the left side of the screen, select the flag tab underneath the clipboard tab.
  3. Look at the errors denoted in red indicating errors in alternative text or missing alternative text.
  4. Click on the red error boxes to see which images are missing alt text. 

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Tab Focus

  1. Using the instructions from Navigation (above), Tab through your webpage.
  2. Is there is a visual indicator, i.e. a box outline, an underline, or font color change, to indicate where you are on the webpage?

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