Accessibility

31 Aug 20171 minute to read

Keyboard Interaction

Autocomplete widget is completely compatible to work with Keyboard as an alternative for mouse. The keyboard interaction will be enabled by default in the Autocomplete widget. Press Alt+J to focus the Autocomplete element.

Please refer the below table for details about short cut keys and its corresponding usage.

Shortcut Key	Usage
Down	Moves to next item in the suggestion list
Up	Moves to previous item in the suggestion list
Enter	Selects the focused item
Ctrl + Down	Opens the suggestion list
ESC	Closes the suggestion list
Page Down	Moves to the item in next page (i.e.,) scrolls down to next set of items when the popup is opened/closed
Page Up	Moves to the item in previous page (i.e.,) scrolls up to previous set of items when the popup is opened/closed
Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Home, End, Number lock	No actions
Tab	Close the popup if it is opened and focuses to next DOM element
Shift + Tab	Focuses the previous DOM element