🎨 Palette: Add Skip to Main Content link #45

2026-02-01T01:59:44Z

ragusa-it commented

2026-02-01 01:59:44 +00:00

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💡 What: Added a "Skip to Main Content" link that appears when focused via keyboard.
🎯 Why: To allow keyboard and screen reader users to bypass the navigation menu and jump directly to the main content, improving accessibility and WCAG compliance.
📸 Verification:

Verified that the link appears on focus.
Verified that activating the link moves focus to #main-content.
Verified translations in English and German.
♿ Accessibility: This is a pure accessibility enhancement. It manages focus programmatically using tabIndex={-1} on the target container.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 5651691488283915033 started by @ragusa-it

💡 **What:** Added a "Skip to Main Content" link that appears when focused via keyboard. 🎯 **Why:** To allow keyboard and screen reader users to bypass the navigation menu and jump directly to the main content, improving accessibility and WCAG compliance. 📸 **Verification:** - Verified that the link appears on focus. - Verified that activating the link moves focus to `#main-content`. - Verified translations in English and German. ♿ **Accessibility:** This is a pure accessibility enhancement. It manages focus programmatically using `tabIndex={-1}` on the target container. --- *PR created automatically by Jules for task [5651691488283915033](https://jules.google.com/task/5651691488283915033) started by @ragusa-it*

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Pull request overview

Adds an accessible “Skip to main content” link and corresponding translation strings, and updates page <main> containers so the skip target can be focused.

Changes:

Introduced a SkipLink UI component and styles, and rendered it at the top of the app layout.
Added id="main-content" and tabIndex={-1} to page <main> elements to support skip navigation/focus.
Added English and German translations for the skip link label.

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File	Description
src/App.tsx	Renders `SkipLink` in the global layout.
src/components/ui/SkipLink.tsx	Implements the skip link component with i18n text.
src/components/ui/SkipLink.module.css	Adds focus-only reveal styling for the skip link.
src/components/ui/index.ts	Re-exports `SkipLink` from the UI barrel.
src/pages/Home.tsx	Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`.
src/pages/About.tsx	Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`.
src/pages/Contact.tsx	Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`.
src/i18n/en.ts	Adds `nav.skipToContent` translation key.
src/i18n/de.ts	Adds `nav.skipToContent` translation key.

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src/App.tsx:28

SkipLink always points to #main-content, but when routing directly to lazy pages (e.g. /about or /contact) the Suspense fallback (<PageLoader />) renders without any element having that id. This makes the skip link a no-op during initial load. Consider rendering a persistent <main id="main-content" ...> wrapper around the routed content (or ensuring the fallback includes the same target) so the target exists at all times.

        <SkipLink />
        <ScrollToTop />
        <FancyCursor />
        <Navbar />
        {/* Suspense handles the loading state for lazy-loaded routes */}
        <Suspense fallback={<PageLoader />}>
          <Routes>
            <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
            <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
            <Route path="/contact" element={<Contact />} />
          </Routes>

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## Pull request overview Adds an accessible “Skip to main content” link and corresponding translation strings, and updates page `<main>` containers so the skip target can be focused. **Changes:** - Introduced a `SkipLink` UI component and styles, and rendered it at the top of the app layout. - Added `id="main-content"` and `tabIndex={-1}` to page `<main>` elements to support skip navigation/focus. - Added English and German translations for the skip link label. ### Reviewed changes Copilot reviewed 9 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments. <details> <summary>Show a summary per file</summary> | File | Description | | ---- | ----------- | | src/App.tsx | Renders `SkipLink` in the global layout. | | src/components/ui/SkipLink.tsx | Implements the skip link component with i18n text. | | src/components/ui/SkipLink.module.css | Adds focus-only reveal styling for the skip link. | | src/components/ui/index.ts | Re-exports `SkipLink` from the UI barrel. | | src/pages/Home.tsx | Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`. | | src/pages/About.tsx | Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`. | | src/pages/Contact.tsx | Adds `main-content` id and focus target to `<main>`. | | src/i18n/en.ts | Adds `nav.skipToContent` translation key. | | src/i18n/de.ts | Adds `nav.skipToContent` translation key. | </details> <details> <summary>Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)</summary> **src/App.tsx:28** * `SkipLink` always points to `#main-content`, but when routing directly to lazy pages (e.g. `/about` or `/contact`) the `Suspense` fallback (`<PageLoader />`) renders without any element having that id. This makes the skip link a no-op during initial load. Consider rendering a persistent `<main id="main-content" ...>` wrapper around the routed content (or ensuring the fallback includes the same target) so the target exists at all times. ``` <SkipLink /> <ScrollToTop /> <FancyCursor /> <Navbar /> {/* Suspense handles the loading state for lazy-loaded routes */} <Suspense fallback={<PageLoader />}> <Routes> <Route path="/" element={<Home />} /> <Route path="/about" element={<About />} /> <Route path="/contact" element={<Contact />} /> </Routes> ``` </details> --- 💡 <a href="/ragusa-it/ragusaitweb/new/main/.github/instructions?filename=*.instructions.md" class="Link--inTextBlock" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Add Copilot custom instructions</a> for smarter, more guided reviews. <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/customizing-copilot/adding-repository-custom-instructions-for-github-copilot" class="Link--inTextBlock" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learn how to get started</a>.

src/components/ui/SkipLink.tsx

						
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				  const { t } = useTranslation();

				  return (

				    <a href="#main-content" className={styles.skipLink}>

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2026-02-01 02:03:10 +00:00

Clicking an in-page anchor typically scrolls but does not reliably move keyboard focus to the target element (focus often remains on the link). Since the goal is to let keyboard/screen reader users skip navigation, consider handling activation by programmatically focusing #main-content (and optionally updating the hash) so focus transfer is consistent across browsers/AT.

import React from 'react';
import { useTranslation } from '../../i18n';
import styles from './SkipLink.module.css';

export function SkipLink() {
  const { t } = useTranslation();

  const handleSkipToContent = (
    event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>
  ) => {
    event.preventDefault();

    const mainContent = document.getElementById('main-content');

    if (mainContent) {
      if (!mainContent.hasAttribute('tabindex')) {
        mainContent.setAttribute('tabindex', '-1');
      }

      (mainContent as HTMLElement).focus();
    }

    window.location.hash = 'main-content';
  };

  return (
    <a
      href="#main-content"
      className={styles.skipLink}
      onClick={handleSkipToContent}
    >

Clicking an in-page anchor typically scrolls but does not reliably move keyboard focus to the target element (focus often remains on the link). Since the goal is to let keyboard/screen reader users skip navigation, consider handling activation by programmatically focusing `#main-content` (and optionally updating the hash) so focus transfer is consistent across browsers/AT. ```suggestion import React from 'react'; import { useTranslation } from '../../i18n'; import styles from './SkipLink.module.css'; export function SkipLink() { const { t } = useTranslation(); const handleSkipToContent = ( event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement> ) => { event.preventDefault(); const mainContent = document.getElementById('main-content'); if (mainContent) { if (!mainContent.hasAttribute('tabindex')) { mainContent.setAttribute('tabindex', '-1'); } (mainContent as HTMLElement).focus(); } window.location.hash = 'main-content'; }; return ( <a href="#main-content" className={styles.skipLink} onClick={handleSkipToContent} > ```

src/components/ui/SkipLink.tsx

						
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				      {t.nav.skipToContent}

				    </a>

				  );

				}

copilot-pull-request-reviewer[bot] (Migrated from github.com) commented

2026-02-01 02:03:10 +00:00

There are unit tests for other UI components under src/components/ui/__tests__, but the new SkipLink component has no coverage. Adding a test that renders it within LanguageProvider and verifies the link text/href (and the focus-to-main behavior, if implemented) would help prevent regressions.

There are unit tests for other UI components under `src/components/ui/__tests__`, but the new `SkipLink` component has no coverage. Adding a test that renders it within `LanguageProvider` and verifies the link text/href (and the focus-to-main behavior, if implemented) would help prevent regressions.

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src/i18n/de.ts
src/i18n/en.ts

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Reference: ragusa-it/ragusaitweb#45