Navigating Content

You can navigate the player and content pages with the following navigation shortcuts:

Navigate by Page Element

You can navigate pages by page element using the following standard HTML accessibility shortcuts:

• H: Navigates to headers on the page (<h1>, <h2>, and <h3>)
• L: Navigates to lists on the page
• F: Navigates to forms on the page. Example forms are check boxes, radio buttons, and menus.
• T: Navigates to tables on the page
• R: Navigates from region to region on the page

  Main page regions are:

  • Banner
  • Main region
  • Navigation region

Navigate by Keyboard Shortcuts

• Tab: moves user around the page to all input elements. Input element examples are Help, Exit, Skip Topic, Home, Resources dialog, General Settings dialog, Previous page, Next page, and Take the Tour.
• Insert + Ctrl + R: Displays a list of landmark roles.
• Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow: navigates to the left across a topic row in the table
• Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow: navigates to the right across a topic row in a table
• Down Arrow: Navigates down one element on the page
• Enter or space key: Use to select an element or button on the page

Navigate Drag & Drop Options

• Space Bar or Enter: Brings up a menu of draggable options
• Tab: Use the Tab key to locate the correct option
• Space Bar or Enter: Selects the chosen option

Navigate by JAWS Quick Keys

• Users of JAWS Screen reader can navigate with JAWS quick keys. For a complete list of JAWS Quick keys, see Navigation Quick Keys for JAWS.

Navigate a Table with Keyboard Shortcuts

The following commands work with JAWS and allow learners to read data in a table.

Note: You must hold down the Ctrl and the Alt key when pressing the numberpad keys.

JAWS Table Keystrokes

• Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad 5: Reads the row and column coordinates, followed by the cell contents and then the appropriate row and column headings.
• Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow: Moves one cell to the right in the same row. Announces cell contents followed by the column heading.
• Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow: Moves one cell to the left in the same row. Announces cell contents followed by the column heading.
• Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Moves one cell up in the same column. Announces cell contents followed by the row heading.
• Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Moves one cell down in the same column. Announces cell contents followed by the row heading.
• Ctrl + Alt + Home: Moves to first cell in current table. Announces cell contents followed by row and column coordinates.
• Ctrl + Alt + End: Moves to last cell in current table. Announces cell contents followed by row and column coordinates.