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ASP.NET MVC ToolBar Keyboard Navigation

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keyboard_navigation.cshtml
Keyboard_NavigationController.cs

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Description

Keyboard navigation provides all web and app users with a fast keyboard-only navigation capability and is also part of the web accessibility features–it enables users with disabilities to fully control their website or app access through the keyboard.

By default, users can only navigate to links, buttons, and form controls with a keyboard. The navigation order in which interactive items receive keyboard focus has to be logical and intuitive. Generally, keyboard navigation logic needs to follow the visual horizontal and vertical flow of the page, for example, left to right and top to bottom, header first followed by the main and then the page navigation.

The keyboard navigation of the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC ToolBar is always available as demonstrated in this demo.

The ToolBar supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

Focus

  • Alt + W Focuses the component.

Supported Keys and User Actions

  • NavigateOnTab(true) is enabled
    Tab Focuses the next focusable item.
  • Shift + Tab Focuses the previous focusable item.
  • (Default) NavigateOnTab(false) is disabled
    Right Arrow Focuses the next focusable item. Focuses the first element if the end of the ToolBar is reached.
  • Left Arrow Focuses the previous focusable item. Focuses the last element if the beginning of the ToolBar is reached.
  • General
    Enter or Space Clicks the currently focused button, or enters the inner template navigation if the template contains focusable items.
  • Home Focuses the first focusable item.
  • End Focuses the last focusable item.
  • Esc If the inner template navigation is activated, moves the focus back to the ToolBar item.

Actions Applied to the SplitButton, DropDownButton, or CommandOverflow

  • Alt + Down Arrow Opens the currently active SplitButton, DropDownButton, or CommandOverflow.
  • Down Arrow Focuses the next menu item of the SplitButton, DropDownButton, or CommandOverflow.
  • Up Arrow Focuses the previous menu item of the SplitButton, DropDownButton, or CommandOverflow.
  • Alt + Up Arrow or Esc Closes the currently active SplitButton, DropDownButton, or CommandOverflow.
  • Enter or Space Clicks the currently focused button.

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This ToolBar example is part of a unique collection of hundreds of ASP.NET MVC demos, with which you can see all Telerik ASP.NET MVC components and their features in action. View the source code of the demos from the library or directly adapt, and edit them and their theme appearance in the ThemeBuilder.

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