Issue Summary

The "Skip to sidebar" and "Skip to main content" links do not work.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Confluence DC instance.
2. Use the Tab key to navigate to the mentioned skip links.
3. Press Enter to activate the skip link.
4. Observe that the keyboard focus does not move to the intended section.

Screen Recording

Skip links.mp4

Actual Results

The "Skip to Sidebar" and "Skip to Main Content" links do not function as intended. When activating these links, the focus does not move to the respective section; instead, for screen reader users, the focus shifts to the top of the page. For sighted keyboard users, the focus disappears after activation, preventing them from continuing navigation. As a result, both screen reader users and keyboard-only users are unable to quickly navigate to the desired sections of the page.

Expected Results

Ensure that activating the "Skip to Sidebar" or "Skip to Main Content" links programmatically moves the focus to the respective section. The target sections should be focusable with tabindex="-1", and the focus should be visually indicated for sighted users.

Apply the following changes:

• Add "#sidebar-test" and "#main-test" as values within the href attributes of the "Skip to Sidebar" and "Skip to Main Content" links, respectively.
• Specify the id attribute within the containers of the respective sections, matching the value specified in each href attribute.
• Add the tabindex="-1" attribute to the containers of the respective sections to allow focus to be moved programmatically when the skip links are activated.

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
macOS Sequoia 15.4.1
Operations - Windows11
Chrome - Version 135.0.7049.42 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Safari- Version 18.4
Firefox- Version 135.0 (64-bit)
JAWS- Version 2023
NVDA- Version 2024.4.2
VoiceOver - Version Latest