# Navigate using just your keyboard

DevFeed: [Navigate using just your keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/navigate-using-just-your-keyboard-9402.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://a11yproject.com/posts/navigate-using-just-your-keyboard/>)

Author: Dave Rupert

Published: 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The A11Y Project](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-a11y-project.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Usability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usability.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [usability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usability.md>), [user-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-testing.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how to navigate and test a website using only a keyboard. It covers keyboard shortcuts, visible focus styles, logical focus order, functional interactive elements, and skip links for lengthy content.

## Source excerpt

Testing your site for keyboard navigation will help ensure that keyboard users can access your site. As a bonus, sites that can be navigated with a keyboard are more likely to be navigable with other input devices such as switches. How to navigate a website with a keyboard Generally, pressing Tab moves focus between interactive elements and pressing Enter will interact with them. If you are using Safari, Option + Tab is the default keyboard shortcut to move focus between elements. You can update your settings to make Tab the default navigation key by following the instructions in this article: Quick Tip: Safari Keyboard Navigation Additional keyboard shortcuts are described here: WebAIM - Keyboard Accessibility Things to keep in mind while testing It is not enough to simply tab through a webpage from start to end. While navigating the site, keep these things in mind: Interactive elements should be functional using only keyboard input. The focused element should be visible and have an obvious focus style. See article: "Quick Tip: Never remove CSS outlines". Focus should move between elements as they appear on the page and not jump back and forth. There should be a way to skip past lengthy spans of content, like global navigation menus. See article: "How-to: Use Skip Navigation links".