Styleguide - The A11Y Project

A skipnav, sometimes known as a jumpnav, allows someone to skip sections of content that are repeated from page to page. An example of this is skipping the main navigation that is repeated on every page of this site.

Skipnav is useful to people who use screen readers, as it allows them to quickly get to the main point of the page. It is also useful to people with motor control disabilities, as it lessens the amount of effort it takes to navigate.

A skipnav that links to the main content of the page should typically be the first thing you put in the code for your page templates. For The A11Y Project, it is the first piece of code used after the opening body element.