--- title: Link + Popover Navigation | daily.dev description: A practical guide to building accessible navigation menus using the native HTML popover API, updating a 2019 pattern that relied on ARIA disclosure widgets.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/link-popover-navigation-ojnhasllg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Link + Popover Navigation | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to building accessible navigation menus using the native HTML popover API, updating a 2019 pattern that relied on ARIA disclosure widgets.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/link-popover-navigation-ojnhasllg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OJNHaSllg.png og:image:alt: Link + Popover Navigation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Adrian Roselli](https://daily.dev/sources/adrianroselli) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/OJNHaSllg) # [Link + Popover Navigation](https://api.daily.dev/r/OJNHaSllg "Go to post") A practical guide to building accessible navigation menus using the native HTML popover API, updating a 2019 pattern that relied on ARIA disclosure widgets. The approach uses a link plus a button trigger with \`popovertarget\`, eliminating the need for JavaScript to show/hide submenus. Key benefits include free Esc and click-to-close support, automatic \`aria-expanded\` state, and proper semantics. The post covers HTML structure, button naming with \`aria-labelledby\`, focus order considerations, CSS anchor positioning challenges across browsers, and styling tips including forced-colors and logical properties support. 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