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title: "Section permalinks"
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date: 2022-07-13T14:47:30-07:00
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replyURI: "https://programist.ro/@walter/108641672090578574"
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replyTitle: "I would show that permalink everywhere."
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replyType: "SocialMediaPosting"
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replyAuthor: "Walter S."
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replyAuthorURI: "https://programist.ro/@walter"
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> IMHO, your implementation seems just right.
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Thanks! I based my approach off of [Amber Wilson's section permalinks](https://amberwilson.co.uk/blog/are-your-anchor-links-accessible/)
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One key difference: I wanted CSS to be an optional cosmetic enhancement, and not something that changes the content that people see (except for print media). I want my markup to only define structure/semantics, when possible (i.e. ideally no cosmetic `div` wrappers). That meant displaying the section permalink as a readable link. I used `aria-labelledby` to give each section permalink a unique accessible name.
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I've heard positive feedback from both screen-reader and textual-browser users.
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As for how this relates to reading mode implementations:
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The point of reading-mode tools is to reduce clutter and focus on reading an article, without the author's supplied user-interface. Section permalinks feel like a part of a "user interface" and should be removed; the interface should only be provided by the reading-mode. On the other hand, most reading modes don't provide a document outline or a way to get a link to the current section, and users might want that functionality without having to leave reading-mode. On a third hand: if I include section permalinks in reading mode, then it'd end up looking almost identical to the un-distilled page. That'd make reading mode almost useless.
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