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Tweak .visually-hidden to use display:inline-block instead of absolute positioning #41474

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Tweak `.visually-hidden` to use `display:inline-block` instead of abs…
patrickhlauke May 18, 2025
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Switch to clip-path and protect against layout issues
ffoodd Oct 22, 2025
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion .bundlewatch.config.json
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},
{
"path": "./dist/css/bootstrap-utilities.min.css",
"maxSize": "10.75 kB"
"maxSize": "11 kB"
},
{
"path": "./dist/css/bootstrap.css",
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10 changes: 4 additions & 6 deletions scss/mixins/_visually-hidden.scss
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// See: https://kittygiraudel.com/2016/10/13/css-hide-and-seek/

@mixin visually-hidden() {
display: inline-block !important; // using this rather than position:absolute to allow for width/height/clip to work without causing undue spacing (e.g. in responsive tables)
flex: none !important;
width: 1px !important;
height: 1px !important;
padding: 0 !important;
margin: -1px !important; // Fix for https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/25686
overflow: hidden !important;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
clip-path: inset(50%) !important;
contain: strict !important;
white-space: nowrap !important;
border: 0 !important;

// Fix for positioned table caption that could become anonymous cells
&:not(caption) {
position: absolute !important;
}

// Fix to prevent overflowing children to become focusable
* {
overflow: hidden !important;
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