SkipLinks Module

This module can be configured using Manager. For instructions, see Accessibility Window.

The SkipLinks module allows keyboard users to open a skip navigation menu containing links to the most used areas in the Viewer. Users can traverse the links by tabbing.

This module is supported in the Desktop interface.

The default skip navigation link items are defined in SkipLinksActions and consists of links to the Side Panel, Search, I want to..., Toolbar, and Map. Initial focus is on the Side Panel link, and subsequent tabbing traverses each of the items in the menu. Users can quickly return to the skip navigation links menu by clicking the address field in the Viewer and then tabbing to open the menu. Users can also return to the initial item in the menu by continuing to tab through the Viewer, or they can access the last link in the menu by tabbing back (SHIFT+TAB) through the Viewer.

Note that only 5 skip link items are supported in order to minimize the amount of tabbing required to access specific areas in the Viewer.

Configuration Properties

Module

• menus: An array of items to display in the skip navigation links menu.

  • id: The ID for the item in the menu.

  • defaultIconUri: The URI of the default icon for menu items. This property has no effect on the skip navigation links menu in the Viewer. The default icon for the menu items is visible on the Accessibility page in the Management Pack if iconURI is not configured.

  • items: An array of menu items with the following properties

    • iconUri: The image associated with the menu item. This property has no effect in the skip navigation links menu in the Viewer. The icons are included on the menu items that are visible on the Accessibility page in the Management Pack.

    • text: The text for the menu item. You can use a text key or the literal text.

    • description: A brief description of the menu item.

    • command: The command to execute when the menu item is selected.

    • commandParameter: The parameter value to pass to the command when it runs, if it has a parameter.

    • hideOnDisable: If this property is set to true and the menu item's command cannot run, the menu item does not show in the menu.

Views

• SkipLinksView: No configuration properties

ViewModels

• SkipLinksViewModel: No configuration properties