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Web Accessibility Academy · Lesson

Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space: The Core Keys

How keyboard users move and activate controls.

No Mouse, No Problem

Lots of people never touch a mouse. They drive the whole web with the keyboard, so every control you build must work with keys alone. ⌨️

Tab Moves Forward

The single most important key is Tab. Each press jumps focus to the next interactive thing: a link, button, or form field.

All lessons in this course

  1. Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space: The Core Keys
  2. Visible Focus: Never Hide the Outline
  3. Logical Tab Order Follows the Content
  4. Spotting Keyboard Traps
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