Offscreen
index.html
and style.css
have already been provided in the VM.
This technique completely hides an element in the DOM while still making it accessible. To achieve this, you can follow these steps:
- Remove all borders and padding and hide the element's overflow.
- Use
clip
to ensure that no part of the element is shown.
- Set the
height
and width
of the element to 1px
and negate them using margin: -1px
.
- Use
position: absolute
to prevent the element from taking up space in the DOM.
- Note that this technique is a better alternative to
display: none
(not readable by screen readers) and visibility: hidden
(takes up physical space in the DOM) in terms of accessibility and layout-friendliness.
Here's an example of how you can use this technique in HTML and CSS:
<a class="button" href="https://google.com">
Learn More <span class="offscreen">about pants</span>
</a>
.offscreen {
border: 0;
clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
height: 1px;
margin: -1px;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 1px;
}
Please click on 'Go Live' in the bottom right corner to run the web service on port 8080. Then, you can refresh the Web 8080 Tab to preview the web page.