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title: Offscreen
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tags: layout,visual,intermediate
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firstSeen: 2018-03-30T18:50:31+03:00
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lastUpdated: 2021-10-11T18:44:51+03:00
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---
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Hides an element completely (visually and positionally) in the DOM while still allowing it to be accessible.
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- Remove all borders and padding and hide the element's overflow.
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- Use `clip` to define that no part of the element is shown.
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- Make the `height` and `width` of the element `1px` and negate them using `margin: -1px`.
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- Use `position: absolute` so that the element does not take up space in the DOM.
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- **Note:** This technique provides an accessible and layout-friendly 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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