Important: This website does not attempt to establish a standard for how assistive technologies must behave. Read the FAQ for more information. Additionally, this is a work in progress. Please submit feedback or suggestions.

Keyboard

Many assistive technologies either emulate keyboard commands or leverage keyboard commands to work correctly. As such, keyboard accessibility is a fundamental aspect of accessibility.

Install

You do not need to install anything special to enable keyboard functionality. However, you do need to enable keyboard support in some platforms.

Windows: No configuration needed.
Mac:
1. System preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls.
2. AND: Safari Preferences > Advanced > Accessibility > Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage.
iOS:
- Settings > accessibility > keyboards > and enable Full Keyboard Access.
- Then connect a Bluetooth keyboard.
Android: connect a bluetooth keyboard.

How to find your version

Use the OS version.

Commands

The following are some common commands.

Common

Task	Command
Navigate to the next focusable item	Tab
Navigate to the previous focusable item	Tab
Navigate forward within a control	Down arrow
Navigate backward within a control	Tab
Activate control	Enter