# Skip Nav

Skip navigation links allow users with screen readers to bypass long navigation lists.

## Guidance

### When to use

- Skip navigation links should come before a long list of navigation links. Most commonly, this occurs before a site's main navigation.

### Usage

- Skip navigation can be visually hidden at first or displayed visually at all times, depending on user needs and design requirements.
- Skip navigation should appear visually on focus.
- The link should skip the user to the main content of the page.
- More than one skip link can be on a page, but be mindful of creating too many.
- Adding a `tabindex="-1"` on the container being skipped to allows older browsers to programmatically move focus properly.

## Learn More

- [Skip Navigation Links on WebAIM](http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/)