Issue: Skip link captures VoiceOver focus on page load.
Why: VoiceOver reads out the skip link content on page load, which means the page title is not read out. On error pages, the error may not be read out.
To resolve: It seems teams are using the pattern correctly and this looks to be a bug in VoiceOver.
Issue persists with Chrome and Safari Tech Preview and can also be replicated on:
Issue: Skip link captures VoiceOver focus on page load. Why: VoiceOver reads out the skip link content on page load, which means the page title is not read out. On error pages, the error may not be read out. To resolve: It seems teams are using the pattern correctly and this looks to be a bug in VoiceOver.
Issue persists with Chrome and Safari Tech Preview and can also be replicated on:
and on external non-GOVUK sites:
Is not JavaScript-related as issue persists with JS disabled.