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Make Elements Only Visible to a Screen Reader by Using Custom CSS

Summary

  • The following CSS rules can be used to show elements only to screen readers.
position: absolute;
left: -10000px;
width: 1px;
height: 1px;
top: auto;
overflow: hidden;

Final Code 

<head>
  <style>
  .sr-only {
    position: absolute;
    left: -10000px;
    width: 1px;
    height: 1px;
    top: auto;
    overflow: hidden;
  }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <header>
    <h1>Training</h1>
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="#stealth">Stealth &amp; Agility</a></li>
        <li><a href="#combat">Combat</a></li>
        <li><a href="#weapons">Weapons</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </header>
  <section>
    <h2>Master Camper Cat's Beginner Three Week Training Program</h2>
    <figure>
      <!-- Stacked bar chart of weekly training -->
      <p>[Stacked bar chart]</p>
      <br />
      <figcaption>Breakdown per week of time to spend training in...</figcaption>
    </figure>
    <table class="sr-only">
      <caption>Hours of Weekly Training in Stealth, Combat, and Weapons</caption>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th></th>
          <th scope="col">Stealth &amp; Agility</th>
          <th scope="col">Combat</th>
          <th scope="col">Weapons</th>
          <th scope="col">Total</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <th scope="row">Week One</th>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>5</td>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>10</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th scope="row">Week Two</th>
          <td>4</td>
          <td>5</td>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>12</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <th scope="row">Week Three</th>
          <td>4</td>
          <td>6</td>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>13</td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
  </section>
  <section id="stealth">
    <h2>Stealth &amp; Agility Training</h2>
    <article><h3>Climb foliage quickly using a minimum spanning tree approach</h3></article>
    <article><h3>No training is NP-complete without parkour</h3></article>
  </section>
  <section id="combat">
    <h2>Combat Training</h2>
    <article><h3>Dispatch multiple enemies with multithreaded tactics</h3></article>
    <article><h3>Goodbye, world: 5 proven ways to knock out an opponent</h3></article>
  </section>
  <section id="weapons">
    <h2>Weapons Training</h2>
    <article><h3>Swords: the best tool to literally divide and conquer</h3></article>
    <article><h3>Breadth-first or depth-first in multi-weapon training?</h3></article>
  </section>
  <footer>&copy; 2018 Camper Cat</footer>
</body>