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1008 B
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41 lines
1008 B
Markdown
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title: Offscreen
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tags: layout,visual,intermediate
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---
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Completely hides an element visually and positionally in the DOM while still allowing it to be accessible.
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Provides an alternative to `display: none` (not readable by screen readers) and `visibility: hidden` (takes up physical space in the DOM).
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```html
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<a class="button" href="https://google.com">
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Learn More <span class="offscreen"> about pants</span>
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</a>
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```
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```css
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.offscreen {
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border: 0;
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clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
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height: 1px;
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margin: -1px;
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overflow: hidden;
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padding: 0;
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position: absolute;
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width: 1px;
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}
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```
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#### Explanation
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1. Remove all borders.
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2. Use `clip` to indicate that no part of the element should be shown.
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3. Make the height and width of the element 1px.
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4. Negate the elements height and width using `margin: -1px`.
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5. Hide the element's overflow.
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6. Remove all padding.
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7. Position the element absolutely so that it does not take up space in the DOM.
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#### Browser support
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- https://caniuse.com/#search=clip
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