Keyboard Navigation

25 Jan 20181 minute to read

The tab control provides support for keyboard interaction. Using this keyboard functionality you can interact with the control. It is achieved by enabling the AllowKeyboardNavigation to true. By default, this property value is set to true.

The following table illustrates the accessible keys and their usage:

Keys	Behavior
Up	Selects previous item.
Right	Selects previous item.
Down	Selects next item.
Left	Selects next item.
Home	Selects first item.
End	Selects last item.

The following code example is used to render the tab element with keyboard navigation.

1. Add the following code in your view page to render the tab with keyboard navigation.

CSHTML

<div style="width: 500px">

	<ej-tab id="tab1" allow-keyboard-navigation="true">
		<e-tab-items>
			<e-tab-item id="pizzatype" text="Pizza Type">
				<e-content-template>
					<div>
						Pizza cooked to perfection tossed with milk, vegetables, potatoes, poultry, 100% pure mutton, and cheese - and in creating nutritious and tasty meals to maintain good health.
					</div>
				</e-content-template>
			</e-tab-item>
			<e-tab-item id="sandwichtype" text="Sandwich Type">
				<e-content-template>
					<div>
						Sandwich cooked to perfection tossed with bread, milk, vegetables, potatoes, poultry, 100% pure mutton, and cheese - and in creating nutritious and tasty meals to maintain good health.
					</div>
				</e-content-template>
			</e-tab-item>
		</e-tab-items>
	</ej-tab>

</div>

// Add the following script to render the tab with keyboard navigation.
	
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
	//Control focus key
	$(document).on("keydown", function (e) {
		if (e.altKey && e.keyCode === 74) {
			// j- key code.
			$("#tab1 ul a").focus();
		}
	});
});
</script>

1. The following screenshot illustrates the tab with keyboard navigation.