[#46357] - [5.4] A11y: add a Skip to main content focusable link (Cassiopeia)
- Closed
- 23 Oct 2025
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 46357
- Diff
- cyrez:patch-62
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Summary of Changes
• Adds a link at top of the body content to skip to the main content.
• Adds an ID to the <main> element
• Adds a new language string "Skip to main content"
Sources:
- Webaim: https://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/
- W3C: https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/easy-checks/skip-link/
Testing Instructions
Go to frontend with Cassiopeia and click on TAB Key on your keyboard.
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Result of testing instructions:
- focus on "Cassiopeia" site name.
- no skip to main content exists to go directly to the main content with keyboard navigation.
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Result of testing instructions:
- A link to "Skip to the main content" appears and is focused.
- On click, you go to the main content of the page.
Link to documentations
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Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
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I am not in favour of this. We already have a skipto plugin which provides considerably more features than this. In addition the skipto plugin works with ALL templates and not just cassiopeia
Wow! I didn't even know about it... is it new on J6?... found it as well in 5.4...
I missed this info...
| Status | Pending | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2025-10-23 12:13:46 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | cyrez | |
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Closed as i missed the info about this plugin... Thanks @brianteeman for this useful info.
I will check where we can be informed of this as an end-user...
It was new in j4.0
It was new in j4.0
Shame on me... 🥇
I am not in favour of this. We already have a skipto plugin which provides considerably more features than this. In addition the skipto plugin works with ALL templates and not just cassiopeia