30-seconds-of-code/snippets/offscreen.md

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title	tags	expertise	firstSeen	lastUpdated
Offscreen	layout,visual	intermediate	2018-03-30T18:50:31+03:00	2021-10-11T18:44:51+03:00

Hides an element completely (visually and positionally) in the DOM while still allowing it to be accessible.

• Remove all borders and padding and hide the element's overflow.
• Use clip to define that no part of the element is shown.
• Make the height and width of the element 1px and negate them using margin: -1px.
• Use position: absolute so that the element does not take up space in the DOM.
• 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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.offscreen {
  border: 0;
  clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
  height: 1px;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0;
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
}